France: Illegal Migrant Stabs Two Women

Was under order to leave the country

On Friday, two women were attacked by a knife-wielding man in the Basque area of Southern France. The suspect, described only as a 30-year-old man already under an expulsion order, is under arrest while his two victims are hospitalized with serious injuries.

The below article from France Bleu is translated by Fousesquawk.

 https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/faits-divers-justice/bayonne-deux-femmes-gravement-blessees-a-l-arme-blanche-ce-vendredi-soir-1648872559

Bayonne: Man arrested after knife attack on two women on Friday

Saturday, 2 April 2022 6:09- Updated Saturday 2 April 2022 9:42

By Emmanuel Grabey, Remy Doutre, France Bleu, Basque Country, France

Two women, ages 64 and 28 were attacked with a knife Friday evening in an apartment on the Jouandin esplanade in the Haut de Bayonne quarter. They were hospitalized in serious condition. A 30-year-old man was arrested and placed in custody Saturday.

Caption beneath photo: The two women were transported to the Bayonne hospital

A man was arrested Saturday after an attack on two women Friday evening. The accused man was placed in custody. He is a 30-year-old man who was already the object of an order to leave French territory (expulsion order) in the Rhone Department, explains the Bayonne Prosecutor’s Office. Provided housing by the two victims, he had gone out to buy a knife after an argument with them, before returning to their residence to attack them.

Victims not yet interviewed

Emergency services responded Friday evening shortly before 20:30 after the knife attack upon two women, ages 64 and 28. The events played out in an apartment at the Jouandin esplanade, in the Hauts de Bayonne quarter.

They were evacuated in serious condition to the hospital center of the Basque Coast. Transported to the Pellegrin hospital at Bordeaux, they have not yet been able to be interviewed by the police, and, in particular, require facial surgery. When the emergency services and police arrived, the attacker was no longer at the scene. An investigation for attempted homicide has been opened.