A 22-year-old young man succumbed to his injuries on Monday evening at Meaux hospital (Seine-et-Marne) after a possible settlement of accounts linked to drug trafficking, police sources reported on Tuesday to AFP .
"At around 10:45 p.m., the Meaux hospital emergency department called 17 for two individuals with stab wounds," a police source told AFP.
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With "multiple stab wounds and possibly a gun", one of the two victims died on the operating table around 11:25 pm.
Stabbed on a deal point
The days of the other assaulted young man are not in danger.
The 19-year-old only had superficial cuts on his arms and hands.
According to the first elements of the investigation, the facts took place on a point of deal in Nanteuil-lès-Meaux, in Seine-et-Marne.
According to the Interior Ministry, the department has 84 outlets like this one.
The number of deal points per department.
According to one of the police sources, the point of sale was run by the deceased victim.
The track of a settling of scores linked to drug trafficking is favored.
The investigation was entrusted to the judicial police of Meaux.
