a young father injured with a knife at the Christmas fair, three people arrested

A young man received three stab wounds before being treated by firefighters and hospitalized in Cannes. He intervened after his 7-year-old daughter was jostled at the Cannes Christmas fair.

In Cannes, Saturday November 30 shortly before 10 p.m., a young father was injured with a knife near the Christmas fair, located on Pantiero. He intervened after his 7-year-old daughter was pushed, we learned from a police source as well as from Cannes town hall, confirming information from Nice-Matin.

Following this altercation with six other people, the young man received three stab wounds before being treated by firefighters and hospitalized in Cannes.

His vital prognosis has not been compromised, assures the city of Cannes, and his life is out of danger this Sunday, the day after the events. “The town hall gives him all its support as well as his partner and his daughter, logically very marked,” wrote the municipality in a press release this Sunday.

An open investigation

Two minors were “almost immediately” arrested, according to our information, in particular thanks to the video protection cameras deployed in the city of Cannes. A third person, the one who attacked the father, was arrested this Sunday “in a neighboring town”, specifies the city.

The Grasse public prosecutor's office has opened an investigation into weapon violence in order to precisely identify the author of the stabbings, reports the daily.

The municipality insists that this “extremely serious” act nevertheless took place “outside the perimeter of the Christmas market”, which “does not call into question the security measures put in place” for the festivities.