The victim, a young man in his twenties, was quietly seated on the terrace of a café on the island of Yeu, in Vendée.
This Wednesday, April 26, it is mild.
But while he is enjoying the last rays of sunshine, a man – alcoholic according to
Ouest France
, which revealed the affair – harangues certain customers of the establishment.
He starts picking on them.
The young man decides to intervene... at the risk of his life.
Because the alcoholic man stabs him several times.
He was immediately overpowered by passers-by and then arrested by the police in Les Sables d'Olonne,
a gendarmerie source told Le
Figaro .
The victim, who was transported to the hospital, is now safe and sound, adds the same source.
A judicial investigation for "aggravated violence with a weapon" was opened on Friday April 28 , the public prosecutor of Les Sables d'Olonne, Olivier Couvignou,
told Le
Figaro
, adding that the main suspect was referred to the judicial court of Sables-d. 'Olonne, indicted and remanded in custody.