Knife attacks in a hotel zone near Montpellier: the author has already spent time in prison and in a psychiatric hospital

The young man first attacked a man who had just parked in the parking lot of the Formula 1 hotel. -GOOGLE STREET VIEW

Wednesday June 5, early in the afternoon, a 23-year-old young man, well known to the police, stabbed two people near the Formula 1 hotel located near the road to Palavas, in Lattes. He was arrested around 6 p.m. near Saint-Roch station in Montpellier.

We know more about the two knife attacks that occurred on Wednesday, June 5, early in the afternoon, in a hotel zone in Lattes, near the Palavas road , at the gates of Montpellier. The perpetrator, quickly identified thanks to video surveillance images and arrested late in the afternoon near Saint-Roch station in Montpellier, is 23 years old. He is well known to the police for burglary, violence and drug cases. He has already been incarcerated and has also spent time in a psychiatric hospital.

He injures a 63-year-old man in the face

On Wednesday, it was around 2 p.m. when he attacked a 63-year-old man who had just parked his motorcycle in the parking lot of the Formula 1 hotel. a completely gratuitous gesture, he stabs this person he does not know in the face, after having uttered incoherent remarks. The sixty-year-old, whose vital prognosis is not in jeopardy, is rescued by witnesses, before the arrival of the firefighters.

Ten minutes later, very close to there, the accused used his bladed weapon again. This time, he injured a 40-year-old man in the right side. The victim took refuge in the B & B nearby, where staff came to his aid and alerted the firefighters and police. His vital prognosis is a time commitment. He and the first victim are both taken to the hospital. At this time, the forty-year-old could not be heard by the police and the exact location where he was stabbed is unknown. On the other hand, as soon as he was taken into care, he was able to give the police a description of his attacker. A search was immediately launched to find the young man on the run.

Ongoing investigation into attempted strangulation

Shortly before 4 p.m., he was located near Saint-Roch station, where a new act of violence was reported: a man was strangled. However, the victim has not been identified and it cannot be confirmed, for the time being, that Lattes' attacker is involved in this affair. Investigators are currently using video surveillance images to shed light on this point.

Finally, around 5:30 p.m., the young man who had changed his t-shirt in the meantime, was spotted by the urban supervision center, which manages the video protection of the city. Arrested near the station by the dog brigade, he is in possession of a bank card which is not in his name.

Problems during a recent stay at Formula 1

This Thursday, June 6, the attacker is still in police custody at the Montpellier police station, while investigators continue their investigations. They are particularly keen to determine whether he is the perpetrator of other attacks which could have been committed in the hotel sector in Lattes.

Already, the police have been able to establish that he had recently occupied a room in the Formula 1. A stay paid for by his family. He would then have caused behavioral problems.

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