A man was arrested and taken into custody in the investigation for attempted murder of two men with firearms and knives on Saturday in Cherbourg, the Cherbourg public prosecutor told AFP on Thursday.
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An individual, whose first elements of investigation suggest that he would be the shooter of the attacks in Cherbourg on Saturday, was arrested and placed in police custody. He is currently being heard by investigators from the judicial police,
”declared Yves Le Clair, prosecutor of Cherbourg. The 39-year-old defendant was arrested on Wednesday afternoon. The lives of the two seriously injured men, in their thirties, are not in danger. The judicial police (PJ) of Caen and the police station of Cherbourg had been seized jointly of the investigation opened for attempted homicide.