A love rivalry could be at the origin of the drama. A 34-year-old man was arrested in the Residences district of Belfort, according to France Bleu. He is suspected of having fatally stabbed in the night from Friday to Saturday a forty-year-old, we learned from the prosecutor's office and police source.
The incident occurred around midnight. The alleged attacker, "alcoholic", was arrested and placed in custody, said the prosecutor of the Republic of Belfort, Jessica Vonderscher. According to the magistrate, "the victim is a former companion" of the woman with whom he was walking when they were seen by the respondent who was then at his home.
The woman injured while trying to intervene
According to a police source, the latter took a knife before going down and stabbing a 42-year-old man, according to the regional daily L'Est Républicain. "We have hearings still ongoing to be certain about the current relationship between the woman and the respondent," Vonderscher said.
According to the police source, the woman would also be an ex-companion of the respondent. She has three children who "would be seven, four and one years old" and "did not witness" the murder, according to the prosecutor. According to L'Est Républicain, the woman is 32 years old and would have had a thumb severed while trying to intervene. She was transported to Nord Franche-Comté Hospital.
