They are not two alleged victims but three.
Thursday evening, a 65-year-old woman went to the town hall of Viry-Chatillon (Essonne) to report that she had also been attacked the same morning with a knife, rue Gabriel-Jaillard.
Early in the morning, the emergency services and the police intervened in the area for a 17-year-old teenager who was slightly injured in the neck and a 52-year-old woman seriously injured in the abdomen and back.
“The woman who showed up at the town hall said she was attacked in front of the bakery on Place Jean-Monnet while she was in her car, reveals a source close to the investigation.
He entered the passenger compartment and slightly injured her.
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“Confused remarks” in front of the investigators
Thanks to CCTV footage from the camera located on Place Jean-Monnet, the police were able to confuse the man in his thirties, arrested just after the incident.
Of American nationality, the suspect with a neglected appearance held, in English, “confused remarks” in front of the investigators of the departmental security.
According to our information, he arrived in France at the end of 2021 and lives with a roommate in the neighborhood.
He was previously unknown to the police and justice services.
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“The police custody of the person concerned has been lifted, confirms the prosecution of Évry.
The doctor concluded that his placement in police custody was incompatible with the need for his compulsory hospitalization.
The administrative authority issued an immediate compulsory hospitalization order.
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Opening of a judicial investigation for attempted murder
This afternoon, the Évry prosecutor's office will open a judicial investigation for attempted murder.
"It will be required that the investigating judge issues a warrant to bring him so that, as soon as he leaves the care establishment, the person concerned is brought before him to be indicted and subjected to a psychiatric expertise", concludes the prosecution.
This Friday at the beginning of the afternoon, the victim seriously affected in the back and in the abdomen seemed out of the woods.
“She is currently in the recovery room”, specifies a source close to the file.