Sarthe: a man attacks three customers in a supermarket and tries to end his life


Three customers of a supermarket in Cherré-Au (Sarthe) were attacked by a man in his forties on Monday February 7.

The individual, domiciled in Sarthe, first attacked a 9-year-old girl and her grandmother.

Then, he took out a bladed weapon, a box cutter or a small knife according to France Bleu Maine, and injured a woman in her thirties in the neck and in the hand.

While the gendarmes were blocking the store to arrest him, the man turned his weapon against him and seriously injured himself while trying to end his life.

The suspect in serious condition

Controlled by the police, he was hospitalized in Le Mans in serious condition. The stabbed young woman was also taken to hospital. The girl and her grandmother, in a state of shock, were taken care of.

The motives of the suspect as well as his psychological or psychiatric state are not yet known. An investigation has been opened.



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