Europe 1 with AFP 4:35 p.m., August 29, 2022
This Sunday in Niort, a man of Sudanese origin was stabbed to death and another seriously injured.
The Niort public prosecutor's office indicated that a suspect had been arrested by the police and placed in custody at the premises of the Niort police station.
A man of Sudanese origin was stabbed to death and another seriously injured on Sunday in Niort by an individual who was arrested, we learned from the authorities on Monday.
According to the prefecture, one victim died in the street "after several stab wounds in the thoracic region" and the other is in "very worrying" condition, hospitalized in Niort.
The Niort public prosecutor's office indicated that a suspect had been arrested by the police and placed in custody at the premises of the Niort police station.
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The scene occurred in downtown Niort
According to Mayor Jérôme Baloge, who came to the scene, the victims are of Sudanese nationality.
The circumstances of the scene, which took place around 8 p.m. in the city center of Niort near a very lively square and in front of dozens of witnesses, have not been specified.
According to witnesses quoted by
Le Courrier de l'Ouest
, the alleged perpetrator fled after his gesture but was caught by the police.
One of them said he saw two people on the ground, one of whom was bleeding badly.
The prosecution of Niort has divested itself in favor of the criminal pole of that of Poitiers.