A man suspected of having stabbed a 27-year-old woman and her two-month-old child with a knife on Saturday February 4, victim of a "
disembowelment
", was arrested in the Jura, announced the Lons-le prosecutor's office. - Saunier.
The infant, whose vital prognosis is engaged, and his mother, who “
presented several wounds without obvious vital risk
”, were discovered in the morning by the emergency services.
The latter were "
called to intervene at the home of a couple in Les Rousses
", a ski resort in the French Jura on the border with Switzerland, said in a press release the public prosecutor, Lionel Pascal.
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They were airlifted to a hospital in Geneva, he told AFP.
“
Swiss doctors are struggling to (…) save
” the baby whose injury, a “
disembowelment
”, “
is particularly serious
”, underlined Lionel Pascal, indicating that the child was “
currently being taken care of. medical
”.
“Hosted for several weeks”
“
The first elements collected by the investigators
” directed “
the suspicions towards a relative of the family whom the latter had been hosting for several weeks
” and who was no longer there when the help arrived, added Mr. Laurent.
The father, "
left for work in the morning
", is not suspected, said the prosecutor.
“
A blatant investigation of the counts of attempted murder and attempted aggravated murder
” was entrusted to the Jura gendarmerie group and the Besançon research section and searches were launched to find this man, continued the magistrate.
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Research involving 70 gendarmes, including a helicopter and a canine team, were "
immediately launched
" and the sparrowhawk plan triggered, which made it possible to arrest "
in the middle of the afternoon
" the suspect, unknown to justice , according to Lionel Pascal.
He was placed in police custody, added the magistrate, who could not immediately specify what exact link he had with the couple.
