She was waiting for the bus when her Sunday turned into a nightmare. A woman was violently attacked by a passerby around 10 a.m., at Pessac, in the outskirts of Bordeaux. According South Westthe stranger began by insulting him for no reason, before approaching and giving him a first hammer blow to the head, then three stab wounds to the arm and to the head.
When being evacuated seriously injured to the hospital, the victim had time to provide a description of his assailant. A suspect corresponding to the description was arrested around 11:30 a.m. by the anti-crime brigade. The 39-year-old man is already known to the police.
The victim’s vital prognosis is not engaged, indicated the Bordeaux prosecutor’s office, which opened an investigation for “attempted intentional homicide”.