The father who had been stabbed ten times in the throat on May 10 in front of his children's college, in the 13th arrondissement of Marseille, died of his injuries on Thursday night in Friday, May 27, we learn from the borough hall, confirming information from
Point
.
This 40-year-old military radiologist at the Laveran hospital leaves behind a wife and three children.
“
To his wife, children, family, friends and brothers, I send my deepest condolences.
I am with you
, ”responded Marion Bareille, the mayor of the 13th and 14th arrondissements of Marseille, in a press release.
"
I hope that justice will rule with extreme severity, because I cannot accept that such a tragedy should go unpunished
," she added.
On Twitter, the deputy (LR) of the Alpes-Maritimes Eric Ciotti for his part expressed his
“strong emotion at the time of learning of the disappearance of Alban Gervaise, military doctor attacked with a knife at the exit of the school in front of his children in Marseilles.
The deputy pleaded for
“the terrorist motive [to be] retained in this case.”
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The facts had taken place near the Sévigné Catholic school group, chemin du Merlan à la Rose.
The victim had been attacked when she was about to return to her car parked about fifty meters from the school.
She was accompanied by her two children aged 3 and 7, educated in kindergarten and CP in the Catholic school, which he had just recovered.
Sitting on a nearby bench, the assailant had emerged from behind before attacking the doctor, stabbing him several times in the chest.
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Controlled and disarmed by four passers-by, the attacker had been arrested by the police with a Swiss army knife in his possession.
This is Mohamed L., 23, born in Brignoles (Var).
Already known to the police, but not to territorial intelligence, the suspect allegedly shouted religious allegations during the attack, according to several witnesses.
He would have declared in particular “
to have acted in the name of God
”.
Placed in police custody, the latter had made "
delusional remarks
", evoking "
God
" and "
the devil
".
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The Marseille prosecutor's office had quickly opened a judicial investigation for "
attempted voluntary homicide
" and requested his placement in detention.
Facts that should be reclassified soon in view of the death of the victim.
In addition, the thesis of a terrorist act was quickly ruled out, following the search of the home of Mohamed L. Currently in pre-trial detention in a remand center, the latter has not been interned in a psychiatric establishment.