A gendarme shot a man with a knife on Friday in Rambervillers in the Vosges and the victim was still in hospital on Sunday, the public prosecutor of Épinal told AFP.
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The injured person is still hospitalized, his vital prognosis is not engaged
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According to this daily, the facts occurred on Friday evening during an intervention involving two gendarmes.
A drunken man tried to stab one of the soldiers who responded by shooting his assailant.
The Saint-Dié-des-Vosges research brigade is responsible for carrying out investigations to determine the exact course of events.