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Wednesday November 6, 2024, an ultra-violent fight left a 25-year-old man behind. 48 hours later, the victim is still in a coma. The alleged perpetrator is being prosecuted for attempted murder.
Wednesday afternoon, the Izards district of Toulouse was the scene of an ultra-violent altercation. The police and emergency services intervened shortly after 3 p.m., Place Ahmed Chenane near the Trois Cocus metro station, where a 25-year-old man was lying unconscious with a shattered skull. The nature of the injuries initially led police to suspect an attack with a knife, perhaps a machete.
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A victim between life and death
A few meters from the victim, the officers found another man, aged 18, already known to the police. He has a broken nose and holds a bloody stick in his hand, indicating his potential role in the attack. The condition of the victim, plunged into a coma, remains extremely worrying: 48 hours after the attack, his vital prognosis remains compromised.
Judicial investigation soon to open for attempted murder
The exact circumstances of this explosion of violence still remain unclear, but we know that the alleged attacker had an alcohol level of 2.5 grams per liter of blood at the time of the events. At the end of his prolonged police custody, the young man should be indicted this Friday as part of a judicial investigation opened for attempted murder. The investigation is continuing, now under criminal classification.
