The day before, he had taken "without reason" hammer blows to the head. This time, he was stabbed at least four times. A young man of 24 years was the victim of a very violent attack this Friday evening in the square Léon (XVIIIth). He was taken care of by firefighters while his prognosis was engaged. His attackers were reportedly not arrested.
The victim is chatting with a friend when everything changes. It is the testimony of the latter that makes it possible to determine for the moment the circumstances of the tragedy. According to him, two men arrested his boyfriend around 19:30 p.m. in the park. One starts talking to him while the other attacks him from behind, stabbing him.
The victim tried to flee and was caught
According to the friend's testimony, the victim, already injured, began to run. But she doesn't go far and falls into the park. The man with the knife throws himself again on him while trying to stab him especially in the neck. The boyfriend then intervened, managing to remove the aggressor. The latter immediately fled with his accomplice.
Witnesses of the scene call for help. Firefighters from the Château-Landon fire station were the first to arrive on site. The man stabbed is in a dirty state. Initial findings indicate that two blows were struck in the neck and two in the back. The doctors of the Smur de Lariboisière take over and order the transport of the victim to the Bichat hospital in Paris (XVIIIth). Police motorcyclists escorted the ambulance to have the seriously injured man operated on as soon as possible.
According to our information, the Paris prosecutor's office, which was not reachable this Saturday morning, would have seized the second district of judicial police to conduct this investigation opened for attempted assassination.
"A poorly frequented place"
Premeditation is evoked because, according to the friend, the victim had been attacked with a hammer the day before. The reason for the conflict? It's too early to tell. "The study of video surveillance should make it possible to know much more," says a source close to the file. According to our information, a knife was also found near the scene of the events.
According to a local resident, Square Léon, located in the heart of the Goutte-d'Or district, is a "poorly frequented place". "There are a few elders who play checkers and dominoes during the day," says the resident. But there are also a whole bunch of zonards, even drug addicts in the neighborhood. We are not in a square frequented by mothers who walk their children. I walk past this square every day and I always meet the same guy who gets hit because he annoys everyone. It's a shame because this square is pretty well done. But hey, we don't really want to go. »