A few hours later the fatal assault of a
woman in Nantes
, this Sunday morning, the public prosecutor of Nantes, during a press conference, announced the first progress of the investigation. The facts occurred in the middle of the street, boulevard Jean-Moulin, near the industrial zone of the Bellevue district, just 500 meters from the home of the victim, who was going to his place of work when he was struck several times with a knife.
Housekeeper in a health facility
Like every morning, this 47-year-old woman was getting ready to take the bus to go to work in “a health establishment where she is a housekeeper”, evokes the prosecutor, Renaud Gaudeul. But around 6:30 a.m., she was violently attacked by a man who hit him several times with a knife, still unknown.
Forensic doctors found ten wounds, spread over his upper body, but the number of blows has yet to be confirmed during an autopsy which will be carried out in the coming hours. Meanwhile, investigators continue to search for the perpetrator of this aggravated crime.”appalling“, by the mayor of Nantes, Johanna Rolland. If three witnesses gave the alert after hearing several calls for help, they could not identify him or inform the police.
Mother of four sons, separated from her partner
This mother of four boys, all adults, had been separated from her partner for several years and lived with two of her sons. His disappearance caused great emotion in the Bellevue district, where several relatives of the victim reside.
This Sunday afternoon, the suspect had still not been identified or arrested. The judicial police were seized, “An investigation is open for intentional homicide and an autopsy is scheduled for Monday morning”, specifies the prosecution, which could not give any details on the motive for this murder.