A 17-year-old teenager, an unaccompanied minor from Guinea, was taken into police custody after the knife attack on Friday of a young cashier in a food store in Luc-en-Provence (Var), the prosecutor said on Saturday. of the Republic of Toulon.
The victim, a 24-year-old store employee, "
was stabbed several times
", at least four, "
for no apparent reason
", explained Samuel Finielz.
Saturday she was still hospitalized in serious condition and her vital prognosis was still engaged.
“Psychiatric disorders”, according to the prosecution
The teenager was arrested by a witness at the scene after the attack, said the magistrate, announcing that the alleged attacker "
will be the subject of a psychiatric examination
" on Sunday.
"
The legal consequences will be decided at the end of this examination
", he added, specifying that an indictment for attempted homicide is envisaged.
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The supposed author of the facts, orphan of father and mother, "
presents apparent disorders of a psychiatric nature
", according to the public ministry.
Arrived in France in 2020, at the age of 15, he had been taken care of by child welfare in the Var department.