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France Reports Weekend Spate of Stabbings and Shootings as Officer Is Shot in Cher

Investigators are pursuing suspects across the cases following several arrests.

Overview

  • A 47-year-old security chief was fatally stabbed outside the Little Temple pub in central Marseille after ejecting a client, and a 43-year-old suspect is in custody with the case assigned to the territorial crime division.
  • In Marseille, three separate shootings were reported: a 20-year-old was critically wounded in the neck in Belle-de-Mai, a 26-year-old was shot in the hand in Bon-Secours, and a 17-year-old was hit in the ankle in the Aygalades housing estate.
  • In Paris’s 12th arrondissement, two adolescents were stabbed in linked incidents, three young men were detained, and the minors’ unit of the Paris prosecutor is handling the case.
  • In Vanves, two people were wounded by knife, several vehicles were damaged, a baseball bat was recovered, and police placed five individuals in custody.
  • In the Cher, a night BAC officer was shot in the arm while responding to an attempted bank burglary in Saint‑Germain‑du‑Puy, his life is not in danger, and an inquiry for attempted homicide on a public official is underway.