Vendée: beaten in hospital, a stretcher bearer in intensive care. A suspect on the run was wanted on Sunday in connection with the attack.

The victim was left "on the ground, unconscious", according to the president of Samu-Ergences de France, Marc Noizet. The emergency department of Challans hospital was closed "for several hours" following this attack. “They had come to destroy everything (...) the teams are very shocked", said Marc Nozet.