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A 27-year-old man was seriously injured Friday evening in front of the Sarcelles police station (Val-d'Oise) with machetes by an individual who fled, we learned from sources close to the investigation .
The victim had come to file a complaint shortly before 10 p.m. and was waiting in front of the police station for an agent to open the gates for him when a "man draped in a blanket over his shoulders hit him with a small machete," said a source. close to the investigation.
Questions about the motivations
The man, affected by the carotid artery, was evacuated to the Lariboisière hospital center in Paris and "his prognosis is reserved", according to a close source.
"We do not know if it was the victim who was targeted or if it is a settling of scores with a machete as there may be in some foreign communities, or an effect of mimicry with the events of the day before. .
We have several questions ”, specifies this source.
During his flight, the perpetrator lost his cap and blanket.
The Versailles judicial police were seized of the case.
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