Brawl between amateur football players in Lyon, one stabbed in serious condition

A man aged around thirty received a stab wound which seriously injured him during a brawl between amateur football players this Saturday in Lyon, AFP learned from reliable sources.

A fight broke out in the middle of the day for an unknown reason on a football field in the Gerland district in the south of the city, where non-club licensed players were competing, according to the prefecture.

A man then stabbed another player one or more times before fleeing, she added.

The victim was transferred to hospital in absolute emergency, firefighters said. At the start of the evening, his life was no longer in danger, according to the prefecture.

She was born in 1992, according to a source close to the matter.