Illustration of an emergency ambulance from Samu (15), here in Rennes. - C. Allain / 20 Minutes

A 29-year-old man, seriously wounded with a knife in a street in Saint-Etienne on Sunday evening, died on the spot as a result of his injuries, we learned Monday from police and judicial sources.

Called shortly before 7:00 p.m., the firefighters and the Samu failed to save this man who had been stabbed in the chest and struck a vital organ.

No criminal record

When the emergency services arrived in the Valbenoite district, the victim was lying on the road and the author of the fatal blow had fled.

"This man, originally from Benin, was not known to the justice system," David Charmatz, public prosecutor in Saint-Etienne, told AFP. No one had been arrested on Monday morning as part of the investigation entrusted to the judicial police.

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