2023-11-05 05:18:54
A 30-year-old woman was attacked at her home this Saturday afternoon in the Lyon metropolis, according to information from Progress, confirmed to Le Parisien by police sources. According to his account, the victim, of Jewish faith, was stabbed twice in the abdomen at her home, in the Monluc district, in the third arrondissement of Lyon. The weapon used during this attack was found at the scene of the tragedy, according to our information.
According to the first elements of the investigation, a swastika was found on the door of the thirty-year-old after this knife attack, which supports the theory of an attack of an anti-Semitic nature according to the prosecution. According to a police source interviewed by AFP, the events took place around 1:15 p.m., but it is “not possible” to date the tagged symbol at this stage.
An open investigation
While the victim’s days were not numbered and she was only superficially injured, the police went to her hospital room to hear her version of the facts. “The person opened and the assailant simply said hello to him so he could attack him twice with a knife,” reported Maître Stéphane Drai, the victim’s lawyer on BFMTVensuring that “the family was known as a family of the Jewish faith”.
While fleeing, the attacker was dressed in dark clothes and had hidden his face, again according to the victim’s account. All avenues are being studied and investigators are looking for witnesses or information using video surveillance cameras. An investigation into “attempted murder” was opened by the Lyon public prosecutor’s office and entrusted to the judicial police, jointly seized with departmental security. No arrests have taken place at this stage.
“Such a surge of violence is unspeakable,” wrote Grégory Doucet, the mayor of Lyon on X (formerly Twitter). All my support to the victim, to his loved ones. »
A Jewish woman was stabbed this Saturday. An anti-Semitic inscription was found on the door of his home.
Such a surge of violence is unspeakable. All my support to the victim, to his loved ones.
— Grégory Doucet (@Gregorydoucet) November 4, 2023
This event takes place in a context of an explosion of anti-Semitic acts, since the Hamas terrorist attacks on October 7 in Israel.
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