An investigation opened for attempted murder after the attack on a man in Boiscommun

An investigation into attempted murder was opened by the Orléans public prosecutor's office, after the assault of a man with a weapon, on the night of Friday November 1 to Saturday November 2, in Boiscommun, confirmed Emmanuelle Bochenek-Puren, public prosecutor of Orléans, The Central Republic.

“The injuries noted on the victim did not come from a firearm. It is still too early to be definitive about the weapon used,” she said.

The vital prognosis of the victim, whose age has not been communicated, is not engaged.

“It felt like we were in a detective film”

The circumstances of this attack are still unclear and in the village of 1,134 souls, some prefer not to lift the veil on the mystery. “I don’t want to express myself, it’s human stupidity, that’s all,” assures a local resident, encountered at the scene of the incident.

The attack took place on the Market Square, the central artery of the town, which is home to several businesses and homes. “It was around 11:30 p.m. when many gendarmes showed up in the street,” recounts the manager of the Boiscomains bistro. “They had guns, there were even people from the army with the dogs. We would have thought we were in a detective film. It lasted until 5 a.m..”

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According to two other witnesses, a fight broke out around 11:15 p.m. “We saw several people hitting a man, kicking him, near the trash cans. The group then fled in two cars, one in direction of Pithiviers, the other towards Orléans The man was on the ground When we wanted to call the police, he had disappeared”, they say.

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The investigations, entrusted to the Pithiviers research brigade, are continuing in order to shed light on the facts.

Elodie Pradel