France: 3 people, including a 16-year-old minor, were killed by a Sudanese migrant with a knife. Firefighters were attacked by an “aggressive mob” when they tried to rescue the victims (VIDEOS)

A 32-year-old suspect was arrested and taken into police custody. According to a source familiar with the case, he was arrested some time after the attack and was carrying a bloody knife. According to concurring sources, he is a Sudanese national. He is also legally on French territory and unknown to the judiciary, explains the public prosecutor of Angers, Eric Bouillard.

(…) In fact, shortly before 3 a.m., the fire brigade was called for stabbings in the cœur de Maine district and asked the police for reinforcements. When the rescue workers arrived, the three victims were still alive. “They found a large and sometimes aggressive crowd throwing projectiles at the emergency services. Three persons, each of whom had been stabbed in the chest, were attended to by the rescuers as they had suffered cardiac arrest,” the prosecution adds. They died shortly afterwards. Le Parisien

According to initial statements made to TF1/LCI by the police and judicial services, the suspect was said to have been disturbed by the music being played by the small group of youths on the Esplanade Coeur de Maine. After apprising the group of the noise nuisance, a brawl broke out at around 1am. The suspect allegedly pulled out a knife and stabbed several people. The altercation was broken up shortly before 3am. TF1

Three young men, including a teenager, were killed with stabbing weapons in the centre of Angers on Esplanade Coeur de Maine in Angers on Friday night, according to the public prosecutor’s office. The three victims were aged 16, 18 and 20, Angers prosecutor Éric Bouillard said.
Three others were more slightly injured, he said. A 32-year-old suspect was arrested and taken into police custody.France Bleu

On the night of Friday July 15 to Saturday July 16, three men were killed and three others injured on the Esplanade Coeur de Maine in Angers. One man was arrested.

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