A man was seriously injured in a knife attack in front of a college in Marseille on Tuesday May 10, and the perpetrator was arrested, AFP learned from concordant sources in Marseille, after initial information from the Minister of Interior.
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The victim, aged around 30, was hit in the chest and was in cardio-respiratory arrest and unconscious during his transport to the hospital, according to the marine firefighters who intervened on the spot.
His vital prognosis was engaged Tuesday evening according to the police.
“
Thank you to passers-by and the police for their quick reaction
,” Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin tweeted early Tuesday evening.
According to the first testimonies, reported by a source close to the investigation, the attack took place at 6:00 p.m. and targeted a father of students in his thirties who came to collect his children.
According to the same source, it was witnesses attending the attack who overpowered the assailant while waiting for the intervention of the police, who proceeded to arrest him.
From a police source, "
nothing indicates at this stage the terrorist track
", and the attacker is of French nationality.
The police evoke a "
psychiatric profile
", adding that the man said in front of the investigators to have acted "
in the name of God
", also evoking "
the devil
".
