Five people injured with knives in Metz, terrorist trail ruled out

Five people were injured, including two very seriously, on Monday June 17, in a knife attack in Metz (Moselle), announced the Metz public prosecutor, Yves Badorc. The terrorist hypothesis is excluded at this stage, said the magistrate. “The facts would involve several perpetrators on the run”then detailed the prosecution to franceinfo.

The attack took place around 10:30 a.m. in a grocery store in Borny, a district located in the east of the town, according to the prosecution. The five affected men were hospitalized and “the hypothesis retained at this stage would be a context of extortion of funds”, he clarified. A police source contacted by France Télévisions mentions a case of racketeering in the Afghan community. The vital prognosis of one of the injured is in jeopardy, says this source.