Overview

• On June 20 at Gagny train station in Seine-Saint-Denis, a 55-year-old woman was struck with a hatchet by her ex-partner and died in hospital
• The attacker also wounded the victim’s 20-year-old cousin, whose life is no longer in danger
• Police arrested the suspect, born in 1971, at the scene and he is to be presented before a Bobigny judge
• Authorities say he had no prior criminal record and has given no clear motive for the attack following the couple’s separation
• Video surveillance shows café patrons chasing him off with chairs while others filmed the assault without intervening