The guard of a municipal vaccination center was seriously injured with a knife Thursday in Marseille, by a man in his fifties who was arrested, but the terrorist motive is not privileged, said the Marseille prosecutor's office .
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The vital prognosis of the security guard, stabbed in the shoulder and hit in an artery, is engaged, said the same source in a press release, confirming initial information from Bfm Marseille.
The investigation in flagrante delicto opened for "
attempted homicide
" was entrusted to the Departmental Security, no element allowing "
for the moment
" to direct it "
on a terrorist motive
", insisted the prosecution.
The assault occurred between 8 a.m. and 8:30 a.m., in front of a vaccination center located in downtown Marseille (5th arrondissement).
In February, this municipal center had been targeted by anti-vaccine tags accompanied by messages implicating caregivers.
The attacker, aged 55, "
was in the queue outside the vaccination center
" when, "
for a reason still unknown, he grabbed a knife, walked towards the security guard and hit him in the shoulder, hitting an artery
, ”detailed the prosecution.
The man in question, "
unfavorably known to the police
", with 14 convictions to his credit, the last of which - for "
acts of rebellion
– dates back to 2014, was “
taken into custody in the moments following the attack
”.
Still according to the prosecution, he would present "
psychological disorders
".