Europe 1 with AFP / Photo credits: JEAN-CHRISTOPHE VERHAEGEN / AFP 16:56 p.m., May 22, 2023

This Monday, May 22, in the early afternoon, a man assaulted two employees of the White House hospital in Reims, stabbing them with a knife. The vital prognosis of one of them is engaged, according to information from the Union. An investigation for attempted murder was opened and entrusted to the central police station of Reims.

A nurse and a medical secretary were wounded with a knife Monday in the early afternoon in the hospital of Reims and the vital prognosis of one of them is engaged, we learned from the prosecutor's office of Reims, confirming information from the Union. "An investigation for attempted murder" has been opened and entrusted to the central police station of Reims, told AFP Matthieu Bourrette, prosecutor of Reims, adding that a person had been arrested.

I express my deep emotion after the violent attack, in the early afternoon, of a nurse and a medical secretary at the @CHUdeReims. To assure the teams of my support and that of my ministry, I will be on site this evening.

— François Braun (@FrcsBraun) May 22, 2023

"I would like to express my deep emotion following the terrible attack on a nurse and a medical secretary in the @CHUdeReims. I am thinking of the two victims and their families. I also support the hospital community that is so dear to me," said Arnaud Robinet, mayor of the city of Reims.