One dead, the suspect killed, what do we know about the knife attack which took place in Bordeaux? : Current Woman Le MAG

While all eyes were on the Parc des Princes, located on the outskirts of Paris, which hosted the first leg of the quarter-final of the Champions League between PSG and FC Barcelona, ​​and which was under threat of terrorist attack, a tragedy took place in BordeauxWednesday April 10, 2024. As reported by our colleagues from Parisian the same day, a man was killed by police on suspicion of stabbing two people on the banks of the Garonne. The events took place shortly before 8 p.m. near the Miroir d’eau, a very busy place. In videos shared on social networks, we can see a man armed with a knife bending down as if to stab. People can be heard shouting: “Stopped”. A few minutes later, the alleged attacker was subdued by the police as he tried to escape.

A dispute over alcohol consumption could be at the origin of the tragedy

The main suspect who was killed would therefore have attacked two people of Algerian nationalityalways according to The Parisian. One of them, aged around 30, died from her injuries., while the second, younger, was seriously injured, but her life is no longer in danger. The identity of the alleged attacker has not yet been revealed. “It seems like the starting point is a dispute related to alcohol consumption of the two stabbing victims”indicated a police source to theAFP adding that the terrorist trail seemed to have been ruled out. Some witnesses also indicated that a fight that went wrong could be the cause of the tragedy. Immediately, the mayor of Bordeaux, Pierre Hurmic, declared on his X account, formerly Twitter, that he had gone to the site “to collect information from the Public Prosecutor and the Prefect”. “The judicial investigation is ongoing”, he indicated. A press conference should be given on April 11 to provide an update on the investigation.