An 87-year-old man was stabbed in the back on Saturday afternoon at one of the entrances to the Georges-Valbon departmental park in La Courneuve (Seine-Saint-Denis), AFP learned on Monday from a police source and the Bobigny public office ministry.
The suspect is on the run
At around 4.30pm on Saturday, the man was stabbed in the back, resulting in a deep wound, a police source said. He died of his injuries despite the intervention of the emergency services.
The suspect fled, according to the same source. According to a source close to the investigation, in the days leading up to the events he would have attempted to attack other people.
The investigation has been opened for “intentional homicide” and entrusted to the judicial police service of Seine-Saint-Denis, the prosecution said.
