Stabbings in Tournon-sur-Rhône: the attacker charged with attempted murder – France Bleu

And Tournese 49 years old will be presented at the Avignon Center of Management on the afternoon of Wednesday 31 July. The prosecutor asked to be detained. He is charged with possession he stabbed another man Monday night into Tuesday. The victim was transported in an emergency after receiving kitchen knife wounds to the neck, back and thorax.

Lots of alcohol and an argument that escalates

The events took place around 2 am, Tuesday July 30, Foch way in Tournon-sur-Rhône. The attacker will get in his apartment neighbors for the evening, a 38-year-old woman as well as his last partner, 39 years old. Everyone has already had a lot to drink when an argument breaks out, the reasons for the dispute remain very unclear at this stage. The situation is getting worse. A fight starts in the apartment and continues on the street. The guest grabs a kitchen knife and many times the other is stabbed, who falls on the pavement.

Alerted by the woman’s cries – but also by the cries of the latter’s daughter, around ten – several neighbors rushed to help the victim and stop the attacker. He hits the woman according to witnesses at the scene, but it ends back to his village. The gendarmes then intervene, convince him to come out and arrest him.

The attacker, aged 49, already known to the justice system for domestic violence. The prosecutors asked that he continue to be detained. He is accused of attempted murder while intoxicated.