A 19-year-old man suspected of having stabbed a 16-year-old high school student in Chelles (Seine-et-Marne) at the end of April was arrested on Thursday evening, AFP learned from a source familiar with the matter, confirming information from the Parisian.
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On April 22, on the eve of the school holidays, a teenager attending Louis-Lumière high school in Chelles had received "
blows with a knife
" and presented "
several wounds on the back and flank
" , had indicated at the material time the prosecutor of the Republic of Meaux, Laureline Peyrefitte.
Initial arrest for traffic offense
He was hit by "
five stab wounds
," said a source familiar with the matter.
After a transfer to the hospital and a surgical operation his condition had been stabilized.
Wanted for two weeks, the 19-year-old suspect, who was outside the school and known to the police, was arrested Thursday evening in Noisiel, according to a source familiar with the matter.
He was initially arrested for a traffic offense, said the same source.
His custody was extended.
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"
It appears from the first investigations that the teenager was the victim first of blows with his bare hands and then of stab wounds, on the floors of the high school building at the time of the morning break
", detailed Laureline Peyrefitte .
The investigation opened for "
attempted assassination
" was entrusted to the PJ of Meaux.
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