The life-threatening condition of a man in his twenties was still engaged on Monday in the middle of the day, after he was stabbed near the station.

A young man was seriously wounded with knives on Sunday night in Montpellier while trying to help two women bothered by two other men, told AFP Monday police source.

A type of frequent assault in the neighborhood

The young man, in his twenties, had intervened shortly before midnight while two girls were "pissed off" by two men in the station area, where this type of assault is common, according to this source. The two men then took out a knife, seriously wounding him. Monday morning, his life was still engaged. The investigation was entrusted to the departmental security of the Hérault.