Between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. a 19-year-old young man died from his injuries. He had been stabbed shortly before, near Boulevard de Verdun in Rennes. A few hours later, another man was stabbed not far from Place de Bretagne.
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Less than three hours after the first knife attack which cost the life of a 19-year-old young man, near Boulevard de Verdun, a second man, aged 29, was also stabbed in the city center of Rennes.
The victim was allegedly attacked by three men, very close to Place de Bretagne. He was taken care of by emergency services dispatched to the scene and transported to Pontchaillou University Hospital. He is known to the police to be involved in drug trafficking.
These news items are multiplying while the Minister of the Interior Bruno Retailleau was traveling to Rennes on Friday November 1 to discuss the fight against drug trafficking.
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