Overview
- A 48-year-old man was stabbed from behind in the neck and head on Sunday evening on Montée Bonafous in Lyon’s 4th arrondissement.
- A passing couple intervened, chased the assailant away, and provided first aid until emergency services arrived.
- The victim was transported to Hôpital de la Croix-Rousse in serious condition and is now out of life-threatening danger, according to police.
- The attacker fled the scene and remains at large as police conduct an active search.
- Investigators have no precise description of the suspect and currently view a gratuitous act by a possibly unstable individual as the leading hypothesis.