A young man was seriously injured Friday evening in front of the Sarcelles police station, in Val-d'Oise.

The victim was waiting outside the police station for an agent to open the gates for him when a "man draped in a blanket over his shoulders hit him with a small machete," said a source close to the investigation.

A 27-year-old man was seriously injured Friday evening in front of the Sarcelles police station, in Val-d'Oise, with a machete by an individual who fled, we learned from sources close to the 'investigation.

The victim had come to file a complaint shortly before 10 p.m. and was waiting in front of the police station for an agent to open the gates for him when "a man draped in a blanket over his shoulders hit him with a small machete," said a man. source close to the investigation.

"His vital prognosis is reserved"

The man, affected with the carotid, was evacuated to the hospital center Lariboisière in Paris and "his vital prognosis is reserved", according to a close source.

"We do not know if it was the victim who was targeted or if it is a settling of scores with a machete as there may be in some foreign communities, or an effect of mimicry with the events of the day before . We have several questions ", specifies this source.

During his flight, the perpetrator lost his cap and blanket.

The Versailles judicial police were seized of the case.

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