This Thursday morning, in Tourcoing, in the North, a man was taken into police custody, suspected of having seriously injured his mother with a stab in the throat, said the Lille prosecutor’s office, specifying that the suspect was converted to Islam.
The 32-year-old man, who had fled after the attack committed overnight from Wednesday to Thursday at his parents’ home, presented himself in the morning at the Tourcoing police station, said the Lille prosecutor. , Carole Etienne.
Victim’s days ‘are no longer in danger’
The 66-year-old mother was stabbed “in the throat”, she said. She was hospitalized, but her days are no longer in danger, said the prosecutor and a source close to the investigation.
“Unknown to the police and justice services, the person concerned had converted to Islam for a few years,” added the prosecutor. The 30-year-old lives in Roubaix, a town near Wattrelos where his parents live.
It was the suspect’s father, present during the attack, who gave the alert. He should also be heard to try to clarify the reasons for the passage to the act. The investigation for attempted homicide on an ascendant was entrusted to the Lille judicial police.