Three young people attacked by hooded men in Malakoff, one of the victims seriously injured

Several men with masked faces stabbed three young people aged around twenty in Malakoff (Hauts-de-Seine) on Sunday December 1st. The most seriously affected victim was rushed to hospital. The attackers, who may have acted in a context of rivalry between gangs, fled.

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Three young people aged around twenty were attacked with knives on Sunday 1^is December 2024 in front of a supermarket in Malakoff (Hauts-de-Seine), very close to Paris. Two of the victims were slightly injured in the thigh and hand, details The Parisian . The third was more seriously injured and his condition required rapid transport to a Paris hospital.

An investigation into attempted murder was launched in order to clarify the circumstances and motives of the attack. The investigations are carried out by police officers from the Vanves police station (Hauts-de-Seine), reports News Paris . Among the hypotheses considered, that of a brawl between rival gangs involving groups of young people living in the 14th arrondissement of Paris.

Hooded and on the run

Violence of this type has increased in the close southern suburbs of the capital since September 2024, explains the daily. The perpetrators of the latest attack were at least two and their faces were hidden by hoods.

They quickly left the scene after being stabbed. The three victims, all from Malakoff, were known to the police for minor offenses.