A Serb was sentenced Friday, September 10 in Perpignan to five years in prison for "
attempted murder
" after having fired a harpoon in the head of a compatriot to whom he blamed a debt.
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Tuesday morning, stunned passers-by had seen in the streets of Argelès-sur-Mer the victim, an arrow stuck in the head, chasing his attacker.
This man, a vigil in a restaurant, was on his way home when a harpoon arrow slipped down his skull, crossing the upper part of his forehead, wounding him superficially.
The author of the shooting who had obtained the weapon, an underwater hunting rifle, in a supermarket sign was arrested a few hours after the incident.
According to a source close to the investigation, this individual had already been sentenced to prison in Switzerland in a criminal case.