A man suspected of stabbing two people on the quays of Bordeaux on Wednesday evening, one fatally, was killed by police as he tried to flee. The events occurred shortly before 8 p.m.
near the Miroir d'eau, a popular place for walking on the banks of the Garonne. The victims are of Algerian nationality; the deceased person is around 30 years old, the injured person around 20 years old. There is “no more concern” regarding his vital prognosis, according to a police source. “It seems that the starting point was a dispute linked to the alcohol consumption of the two stabbing victims,” according to police source at AFP. ‘There were no a priori Islamist comments made by the author,’ a source close to the investigation told AFP, adding that the motive of the attack is still unclear. The judicial investigation is underway; the mayor and the public prosecutor have visited the site, but without speaking to the press.