The 32-year-old man, who had fled after the attack committed on the night of Wednesday to Thursday at his parents’ home in Wattrelos. He ended up showing up in the morning at the police station in Tourcoing. The suspect’s 66-year-old mother was hospitalized, but her life is no longer in danger.
A man was taken into custody on Thursday after seriously stabbing his mother in the throat overnight in Wattrelos, the Lille prosecutor’s office said, adding that the suspect was a convert to Islam. The 32-year-old man, who had fled after the attack committed overnight from Wednesday to Thursday at his parents’ home, presented himself in the morning at the Tourcoing police station, told AFP the prosecutor of Lille, Carole Etienne.
“Unknown to police and justice services”
The 66-year-old mother was stabbed “in the throat”, she said. She was hospitalized, but her days are no longer in danger, said the prosecutor and a source close to the investigation. “Unknown to the police and justice services, the person concerned had converted to Islam for a few years,” added the prosecutor. He lives in Roubaix, which is part, like Wattrelos, of the European metropolis of Lille, according to the source close to the investigation. His father, present during the attack, gave the alert and was to be heard to try to clarify the reasons for the action, according to the same source. The investigation, for attempted homicide on an ascendant, was entrusted to the Lille judicial police.