01/01/23
A 23-year-old Afghan man was arrested and placed in police custody in Reims on Friday, December 31, it is learned Le Figaro from a police source. He is suspected of stabbing a 34-year-old woman in the throat while she was jogging.
This individual, whose residence permit is valid until January 26, 2023, was previously unknown to law enforcement. “The person is still under house arrest for attempted murder. The young woman’s days are not in danger“, says the Figaro the public prosecutor of Reims, Matthieu Bourrette.
(…) According to these witnesses, the man threw himself on the jogger, who was coming in front of him, shouting “a sentence in a foreign languageHe then tackled her by stabbing her in the throat. Interrupted by shouts and dog barking, the assailant then fled.
12/31/22
The perpetrator of the attack, of foreign origin, would have been embarrassed by the presence of two witnesses. He was quickly arrested by motorcyclists on patrol. An investigation is opened, which will try to establish the reasons for his act (of a sexual nature, terrorism, behavior disorder, etc.).
