A MUTILATED body of a man with his throat slit has been found on a sports ground in France.

Cops reportedly discovered the remains of the man laid out in the shape of a cross in the small village of Pont-de-Metz.

Initial investigations have found the victim was a 32-year-old man.

French authorities found several stab wounds on the neck and back.

They believe that the man did not live in the commune of Pont-de-Metz but is originally from the region.

He is said to have had a habit of going for walks around the park in the evenings.

French prosecutor’s office has launched an investigation into what they believe is a case of “intentional homicide”, according to Le Parisien.

The park has been described as “peaceful” – surrounded by a few houses, tennis courts and a river.

Around 20 police officers today were tasked with combing the surroundings to find more clues and “broader findings,” a police source said.

The area was previously cordoned off, but restrictions have now been lifted, it is understood.

It comes after a Brit woman was found dead in France – lying in a pool of blood at her home.

Cops said the victim, understood to be 65 years old, suffered “deep injuries caused by a sharp object”.

The victim’s body was found at her home in the village of Tremolat in the Dordogne, state prosecutor Sylvie Martins Guedes said.

The mum-of-four is said to have suffered multiple wounds to her chest, groin, arm, and leg.

Guedes added: “The injuries showed particular violence, and their location demonstrated a desire to kill.” 

Meanwhile, a Brit tourist was killed in France after she was run down while jogging with her husband.

The unnamed 35-year-old woman was running on Avenue Charles-de-Gaulle in Beaune, when a car tragically hit her.

Emergency services scrambled to the scene but found the woman dead.

The driver, a 45-year-old local, was taken into custody by cops who are investigating the tragedy.

The British woman’s husband, who was running with her, was reportedly in shock but physically unharmed.

In January, a female Brit tragically died in a horror accidental ski crash in France with another UK tourist while on a difficult black slope.

The 62-year-old woman was pronounced dead at the scene after she reportedly lost control of her skies and crashed into the fellow Brit at the Les Arcs resort.

The unnamed woman is said to have crashed head-on into a 35-year-old man on the black slope of the Aiguille Rouge run, according to French news outlet Le Dauphine.