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2:02 p.m. : “His psychiatrist did not expect such an act. For him, he was stabilized. He came every day to take his medication.”
The public prosecutor of Reims specifies that during the “search at his home (…), a sachet of medicine neither opened nor started” has been found.
1:51 p.m. : The suspect “was the subject of psychiatric care since 1985 with numerous hospital stays”, says the prosecutor. He “suffers from schizophrenia and paranoia”. He had notably been hospitalized in psychiatry in 2021.
2:08 p.m. : A judicial investigation of the counts of assassination and attempted assassination has been opened. The public prosecutor requested that the suspect be indicted and remanded in custody. It will belong “this afternoon” the examining magistrate before whom the defendant will be presented to rule or not on his indictment.
1:43 p.m. : The suspect “had declared on several occasions to the police officers who were angry with the hospital environment, indicating that he had been mistreated for several years by the psychiatric environment. He added that he was angry with the white coats, specifying that each time he came across a white coat, he would crash because he wanted revenge”continues the public prosecutor.
1:40 p.m. : The suspect was armed “a kitchen knife” from 15 to 20 cm, adds the prosecutor of Reims. While in custody, he “admitted to having intentionally assaulted” the two caregivers “because of their quality and because he resented psychiatry, which he called a murderer”. “He added that he had thought about his package for several months”adds Matthieu Bourrette.
1:55 p.m. : The public prosecutor of Reims speaks after the stabbing of two women at the University Hospital. The stabbed nurse died of“internal bleeding”he says.
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1:25 p.m. : The caregivers of the Reims hospital observed a minute of silence in tribute to their colleague killed on Monday.
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12:21 p.m. : A minute of silence was observed in all hospitals in France, such as in Pau (Pyrénées-Atlantiques), reports France Bleu.
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12:12 p.m. : “I am thinking of the deeply shocked Reim hospital community”, said the Prime Minister. Elisabeth Borne also had a word for the “second victim of this tragedy, very seriously injured”, “to whom we show our full support”.
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12:16 p.m. : “Today the entire healthcare community is in mourning and our whole country is heartbroken.”
The Prime Minister speaks from the Georges Pompidou hospital in Paris to pay tribute to the nurse killed in Reims. A minute of silence was observed after his speech.
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08:55 : Psychiatric experts must again examine the alleged perpetrator of the attack on the Reims University Hospital in the morning, as part of his police custody, according to a judicial source contacted by France Télévisions. A press conference by the authorities is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. for an update on the case.
08:40 : The Minister of Health, François Braun, says he wants to implement “practical measures“ And “concrete” to improve the safety of caregivers, which he will discuss tomorrow with the unions. This former emergency doctor says he himself has already been “threatened with a baseball bat”.
08:36 : The medical secretary injured with a knife, Monday, at the University Hospital of Reims, “feel better”, announces the Minister of Health, François Braun, on BFMTV. She is “out of the operating room and is found “now under surveillance”he reports.
07:05 : We now move on to our morning press review, dominated by the death of the stabbed nurse at the Reims University Hospital. The shock wave extends from Charleville to Rennes, via Grenoble and Nice.
07:23 : “The less we spend on [la psychiatrie]the more we pay for it at all levels.”
For this psychiatrist, the aggression of two employees of the CHU of Reims is “the sign of all the dysfunctions of a care chain in France“. Read his interview right here.
07:26 : @pierreyannick : Good morning. I admit I pulled my hair out writing this sentence, which I will rephrase: as explained in this article, a hearing on the 2017 assault is indeed scheduled for this Friday, May 26, but the suspect’s lawyer will ask his dismissal at a later date. This is to rule on the possible criminal liability of this man.
06:31 : Hello Yann, the suspect was to be tried on Friday? last Friday ?? or should?