A man in his forties died on Saturday early in the afternoon, stabbed wounded in the neck on a street near Lille-Flandres station, in Lille (Nord), according to the sappers- city firefighters. Rescuers of the order of Malta accidentally present nearby tried to revive him, in vain.
According to a source close to the rescue, another person touched his carotid artery after a "dispute". According to the local daily La Voix du Nord, the young man was a regular at Place de Reignaux, near the international station.
“He was a young man in the galley (who would be the father of a family), explains a trader. He was very helpful, very kind. He often helped us, we gave him a little something in return. He did not deserve that, "testified this trader to the regional daily.
A store owner arrested
According to a witness, quoted by La Voix du Nord, this Saturday morning, the victim would have helped another local merchant to carry goods, against the promise of around thirty euros. But after his service when asking for his due, a brawl would have taken place. The young thirties would then have been stabbed. "He staggered across the street and fell on the sidewalk opposite," said the witness.
An investigation was opened by the Sûreté de Lille. The police made seizures and closed the offending store. The boss was arrested. He is said to be a person very unfavorably known to justice.
