Overview

• The victim was stabbed around 11 p.m. on May 31 in a poorly monitored alley near Place de la Fontaine-Chaude and died in hospital at about 1:15 a.m. on June 1.
• Prosecutor Benoît Fontaine said the killing stemmed from a pre-existing dispute over a stolen cap and was not linked to PSG’s European championship victory.
• Bayonne’s interdepartmental police judicial service is leading the investigation and has identified a minor suspect already known to law enforcement.
• Relatives say the victim had confronted the suspect multiple times in preceding days in attempts to recover the stolen cap, including at a local beach.
• Dax’s mayor and local business owners issued a unified condemnation of the violence and pledged support to the grieving family.