Europe 1 with AFP 1:49 p.m., November 28, 2022

Around 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, an 87-year-old man was stabbed in the back at one of the entrances to the Georges-Valbon departmental park in La Courneuve, Seine-Saint-Denis.

He died of his injuries despite the intervention of emergency services.

The suspect fled.

An 87-year-old man was stabbed to the back on Saturday afternoon at one of the entrances to the Georges-Valbon departmental park in La Courneuve, Seine-Saint-Denis, AFP learned on Monday from a police source and from the Bobigny prosecutor's office.

Around 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, the man was stabbed in the back causing him a deep wound, a police source told AFP.

He died of his injuries despite the intervention of emergency services.

The suspect fled, according to the same source.

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An investigation opened for "intentional homicide"

According to a source close to the investigation, the suspect had tried in the days preceding the facts to attack other people.

The investigation was opened for "voluntary homicide" and entrusted to the judicial police service of Seine-Saint-Denis, said the prosecution.