A 25-year-old young man was placed in police custody on Friday January 17 as part of an investigation after the violent attack on a jogger has Vergèzein Gard, learned RTL confirming information from Objectif Gard.
The facts date back to Saturday January 11. The victim, aged 44, was stabbed five times from behind after being hit. His vital prognosis has long been compromised and swe state is now stable.
The suspect, who was arrested following the broadcast of a call for witnesses, is 25 years old and lives “in the environment of the place” where the attack took place, indicated the Nîmes prosecutor in a press release published this Saturday, January 18.
Did the young man know the victim? Did he target her randomly? For the moment, these questions remain unanswered and investigations are underway. The gendarmes of the Nîmes research section carry out interrogations to obtain possible confessions or rule out this avenue. Police custody may last until Sunday evening, January 19.
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