Overview

• On June 23 near a kindergarten in Illkirch-Graffenstaden, two adolescents aged 16 and 17 were stabbed, suffering throat and back wounds.
• One victim remains in life-threatening condition in hospital while both refused to speak with investigators at the scene.
• Police say four assailants—two men and two women—fled the area in a vehicle and are now the subjects of an active manhunt.
• The Bas-Rhin police department has launched a formal inquiry and stepped up patrols around schools across the Strasbourg suburbs.
• Jean Hayet, director of Bas-Rhin police, reported a year-on-year increase in knife-related offenses by youths, citing both greater weapon use and enhanced police vigilance.