A suspect was in police custody on Saturday after the fatal knife attack on a man in the middle of the street, Friday evening in Villeneuve-Saint-Georges (Val-de-Marne), the Créteil prosecutor's office told AFP. confirming information from
Valeurs Actuelles
.
The victim was seriously injured by stabbing, around 8 p.m., and his vital prognosis was engaged, said a police source.
He was later pronounced dead.
"A potential psychiatric problem"
The arrested suspect was "
obviously in a state of alcoholism
", probably homeless and with "
a potential psychiatric problem
", detailed a source close to the file.
According to
Valeurs Actuelles
, he is a 29-year-old Afghan.
Video circulating on social media shows stunned bystanders milling around a stain and splattering blood on the sidewalk next to abandoned personal belongings.
A flagrant investigation of the head of voluntary homicide was opened by the parquet floor of Créteil.
