Rennes: a man dies stabbed in the back, his attacker flees

The events took place in the street, at 54 rue Papu in Rennes, behind rue de Brest. This Tuesday, November 12, shortly after noon, 49-year-old man dies after stabbing with a stab in the back. Facts that occurred after an altercation between two men, according to the Rennes police.

A suspect on the run

Called at 12:32 p.m., then arriving six minutes later, emergency services found this man in cardio-respiratory arrest, lying in a pool of blood. They tried to resuscitate him, without success.

The suspect fled and is being actively sought by the police. At the same time, the forensic team arrived at the crime scene shortly before 2 p.m. Their on-site findings are the first step in the criminal investigation to follow, entrusted to the Organized and Specialized Crime Division.

A man in reintegration

The victim was supported in a social reintegration process, and lived at the Marie Heurtaut residencelocated at 54 and 54 bis rue Papu, in front of which he received this fatal stabbing. This residence houses a relay house of the Habitat et Humanisme association, which welcomes 18 isolated people in very precarious situations. They live there with 12 students, who organize activities, and with whom they share convivial moments.

According to five of these students met on site, this man, quite discreet about his life, was “very smiling and happy”. “When we passed him in the corridors, he was a real electric battery”testifies one of them, “he made lots of jokes”. According to these students, this man had several children.