An individual attacked a couple in front of their 13-year-old son with a knife at the entrance to the Super U in Onet-le-Château, in the early evening, this Saturday March 16, 2024. One of the two victims , the father of the family, was seriously injured and died of his injuries.
Two people were attacked with knives at the Super U in Onet-le-Château in Aveyron, early in the evening, this Saturday March 16, 2024, reports Press Center.
The victims are a couple and their child who were returning from vacation and stopping in the department. The father succumbed to his injuries while the mother was more lightly injured. The latter in fact received a stab wound under the breast.
She was hospitalized but her vital prognosis is not in jeopardy. The son of the couple who witnessed the scene was found in a state of shock. He was taken care of by a psychologist.
An altercation that escalated
How did this tragedy happen? The father stopped a motorist whose behavior he considered dangerous in the supermarket parking lot. A remark that did not please the driver, who will do the irreparable. He got out of his vehicle and attacked the forty-year-old and his partner with a knife.
The suspect, drunk, tried to flee
The 23-year-old suspect was drunk during the attack. He tried to flee but was quickly arrested by the police. After spending a night in police custody, he was transferred to Montpellier where he will soon be questioned by the Montpellier judicial police, who are taking over this case.
Known to the police
The man was known to the police but only for “small crimes”. Nothing that suggested murder. The terrorist trail, sometimes put forward in this type of case, was quickly dismissed by the investigators.
The Super U was open this Sunday
Despite the tragedy that occurred the evening before, the supermarket still opened its doors this Sunday. Indeed, the scientific police cleaned the crime scene during the night, leaving no visible trace in the early morning.