This Sunday, October 16, around 6 a.m., a 47-year-old woman was stabbed several times on her way to work. The investigation was handed over to the federal police.
A new dramatic news item at Nantes (Loire Atlantique). This Sunday, October 16, a 47-year-old woman was stabbed to death on Boulevard Jean-Moulin, in the Bellevue district, around 6 a.m.
According to the first elements of the investigation, the woman was going to her job as a surface technician, relates our colleagues from West France. The facts took place in an area of activity, with very few dwellings.
According to the regional daily, witnesses saw the victim calling for “help” in the middle of the street and chased by a man who grabbed him by the hair. The latter allegedly stabbed him ten times in the shoulder and in the abdomen.
Death of a woman in Bellevue after stabbing this morning. I am in constant contact with the @Prefect44 and the Public Prosecutor. Everything is done to find the author of this appalling crime. All my support to the family and loved ones of the victim
— Johanna Rolland (@Johanna_Rolland) October 16, 2022
Firefighters responded soon after, but could do nothing to save the woman. They were joined by the judicial police who proceeded to examine the scene of the crime. Elected officials also went there, before the body was evacuated for autopsy.
The mayor of Nantes, Johanna Rolland, expressed her “support for the family and loved ones of the victim”. At this time, the perpetrator of the crime has not yet been found.
The capital of Loire-Atlantique has been plagued for several years by a growing insecurity. A situation which led a meeting between Johanna Rolland and the Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin and the announcement of the recruitment of 50 additional municipal police officers, as well as the installation of a hundred surveillance cameras.