Knife attack in Loire-Atlantique: the assailant was a notorious repeat offender. Placed in pre-trial detention on Thursday, the perpetrator of the attack on February 6 which left two people injured.

Aged 49, the man was arrested on Tuesday, a few hours after a stabbing attack on the night of Monday to Tuesday. As a repeat offender, prosecuted for willful violence with weapons, the defendant faces a sentence of 10 years' imprisonment. The defendant will be tried on March 14 at the Nantes criminal court.