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Spate of Public Attacks in France Prompts Arrests as Officer Is Gravely Injured

Regional prosecutors have opened multiple serious-crime probes, with specialized police now leading them.

La Seine à Choisy-le-Roi, dans le Val-de-Marne, le 14 août 2025, au lendemain de la découverte de quatre corps dans le fleuve
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Paris: un homme poignardé à six reprises dans un tramway en tentant de défendre sa compagne

Overview

  • After a refusal to obey in Seine-et-Marne, a BAC officer was struck by a fleeing car in Nanteuil-lès-Meaux, suffered a head injury and multiple fractures, and an attempted‑murder inquiry was assigned to the SIPJ while the driver remains sought.
  • In Paris, a man in his twenties was stabbed five to six times near the Porte de Vanves tram stop after defending his companion, and a 42-year-old suspect already known to police was arrested as the 3rd district police judiciaire investigates for attempted voluntary homicide.
  • In Villemomble, the BMW driver involved in a rear-end collision that killed a 45-year-old man surrendered at the Gagny police station and was placed in custody as Bobigny prosecutors opened a vehicular homicide case with a hit‑and‑run aggravation.
  • In Nanterre, a 60-year-old suspected of a cutter attack on August 9 was charged with attempted murder and placed in pre-trial detention, and the victim is expected to retain lasting scars according to initial medical assessments.
  • In Toulouse, a man known for drug trafficking was gravely wounded in a machete attack near the Trois Cocus bus stop, and investigators are working to establish the circumstances as his condition was reported critical.