A 25-year-old man of Afghan origin attacked two people with a knife in Bordeaux. One of the victims, an Algerian, died of his wounds, after receiving nine stab wounds.
The man would have obtained the right to asylum in 2021, from the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons (Ofpra) Two investigations were opened, one for “murder” and “attempted murder”, the other to examine the circumstances in which the police shooting was carried out, entrusted to the General Inspectorate of the National Police (IGPN) The man, described by witnesses as wearing a qamis and a covering keffiyeh, approached the two victims, whom he did not know, according to the details given by Frédérique Porterie. He punched and elbowed them, then took out a knife “asking them to come and fight’, before walking away. After getting up, the man turned around, pulled out ‘a switchblade knife’ and stabbed them.