Overview

• The suspect was arrested Tuesday evening after matching eyewitness descriptions and surveillance images of the August 10 attack near Église Sainte-Marie.
• He is charged with vol avec violences sur personnes vulnérables under a flagrante delicto inquiry opened by the Mulhouse public prosecutor.
• The 82-year-old victim remains hospitalized with a fractured pelvis and has been assigned 45 days of temporary total incapacity.
• A second 78-year-old woman reported a similar snatch attempt minutes earlier, suggesting a pattern of attacks on elderly pedestrians.
• Préfet Emmanuel Aubry condemned the violent theft attempts on X and pledged state support as police continue their investigation.