An individual, suspected of having violently assaulted a Tam agent, in Montpellier (Hérault), was arrested on Wednesday by the municipal police, on the Place de la Comédie.

The suspect was taken into custody.

Earlier in the day, the victim had been stabbed while checking an individual on bus line 15.

Urgently hospitalized, the Tam controller was able to have leg surgery.

La Tam filed a complaint

According to the mayor and president of the metropolis, Michaël Delafosse (PS), who condemned this "unacceptable" aggression, it was "the mobilization of users who were able to help" in the identification of the suspect.

All drivers suspended work on Wednesday and joined the depots, and traffic was interrupted.

A complaint has been filed.

This Thursday, bus and tram traffic resumed normally in Montpellier.

Buses and trams in Montpellier stopped after the attack on a controller

18-year-old stabbed on tram

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