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A stabbing took place this Friday, late morning, near the Nantes racecourse.
For the time being, few elements are known about the course of events.
The only certainty: the results of this knife attack.
A 30-year-old man, seriously injured, was transported to Nantes University Hospital.
According to
Ouest-France
, his femoral artery was affected.
Initially unconscious, his vital prognosis would no longer be engaged.
A second injured is to be reported.
It could be the attacker, a 16-year-old minor.
He was reportedly arrested by the police near the scene of the attack.
“The police secured the intervention
,” indicates the departmental operational center for fire and rescue (Codis) in Loire-Atlantique.
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Second attack in six days
In the space of less than a week, this is the second case of stabbing in the street in broad daylight that agitates the Nantes conurbation.
Last Saturday, a 42-year-old man was stabbed during the afternoon in the Bellevue district of Saint-Herblain.
He had been stabbed in the hand and thigh.
Transported to the Nantes University Hospital in serious condition by the firefighters and the Samu, his vital prognosis has not been committed since Sunday, when his condition stabilized.
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On this file, the investigation is still ongoing.
Observations were made at the scene and the victim has since been heard, as have several witnesses to the scene.
As for the video surveillance, it is unusable.
The police continue to conduct their investigations to determine the profile and identity of the attacker(s).