A policeman. (Illustration) - V. WARTNER / 20 MINUTES

A 25-year-old policeman was between life and death on Saturday night, seriously wounded with a stab in the abdomen after trying to intervene in a brawl between young people in Marseille, we learned from a source policewoman.

The policeman was in civilian clothes and was not on duty when he wanted to intervene in a dispute between several young people, around 7:30 p.m., in front of a bakery in the Chartreux district, in the heart of Marseille, we said on the side of the Bouches-du-Rhône Public Security Department, confirming the initial information from the daily La Provence .

The young man had not specified his police status when he was hit by one of the people involved in the brawl. His vital prognosis was still in the late evening.

  • Police officer
  • Marseilles