one dead and one seriously injured in knife attack, assailant killed by police

The attack took place on the banks of the Garonne shortly before 8 p.m., France Télévisions learned from a police source.

A knife attack left one dead and another seriously injured in Bordeaux on Wednesday, April 10 in the evening, France Télévisions learned from a police source. A first attack first took place on the quays of the Garonne, at the Miroir d’eau, shortly before 8 p.m. The victim, fatally injured, is a man of Algerian nationality, aged 37, according to information from franceinfo.

The author continued his journey on the Quai Richelieu. He then attacked a second person, seriously injuring her thigh and side. The life of this 26-year-old man, also of Algerian origin, is no longer in danger. The attacker then fled towards the Pont de Pierre. He was spotted by the police. One of the officers was forced to use his service weapon, fatally hitting the attacker, franceinfo learned from a source close to the case.

The terrorist hypothesis ruled out

The motives for the attack are not yet known. From a source close to the investigation at franceinfo, the terrorist hypothesis has been ruled out. The possibility of a brawl is currently favored, against the backdrop of a dispute over the alcohol consumption of the two victims.

The mayor of Bordeaux Pierre Hurmic, the prefect of Bordeaux Etienne Guyot and the public prosecutor Frédérique Porterie visited the site. The judicial investigation is ongoing. “The area will remain cordoned off by the police for as long as necessary”specifies the prefect on. Access to the quays of Bordeaux remains prohibited on Wednesday evening. On the social networkthe Bordeaux transport network TBM informs that tramway A does not run between Stalingrad and Mériadeck. “The relay buses and line 16 remain at your disposal”, it is written.