Shortly before midnight Wednesday evening, the firefighters intervened in the rue du château d’or in the Beaulieu district in Wattrelos. They rescued a seriously injured woman. His attacker is said to be his former companion. According to a police source, he would have shot him with a submachine gun before trying to end his life, using a knife.
Injury to the carotid artery and chest, the victim was transported to the Lille University Hospital for surgery. She was affected in the intestine and the spine. His vital prognosis would not be engaged according to several police sources. The alleged perpetrator was arrested by the police and taken to the Roubaix hospital center. Injured in the neck, he had several stitches but his life is not in danger.
An argument before the shots
According to her boyfriend, present at the time of the incident, the victim had a dispute with her ex-boyfriend. The latter reportedly entered a nearby dwelling before coming out to open fire.
The man would then have taken refuge in a house in the rue du Chateau d’or. According to witnesses, he was holding two people hostage. Frightened, they were able to be evacuated. In the living room, the police found the suspect with his submachine gun nearby. Arrested, he immediately admitted to being the author of the attempted homicide.
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