A man arrested in Rouen after two knife attacks
The police managed to arrest him in the early morning of Wednesday. A 21-year-old man, who lives in Sotteville-lès-Rouen, is accused of stabbing two people overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday, at two different locations in downtown Rouen.
An outburst of violence in the restaurant kitchen
The first attack took place this Tuesday evening, around 10 p.m., at the Cancan restaurant, located on the Place du Vieux-Marché. A dispute would have broken out in the kitchen of the establishment between this man, employed as a dishwasher, and a kitchen clerk. According to a police source, the 22-year-old victim first received two stab wounds in the kitchen in the shoulder and chest.
While he was fleeing, the man was then stabbed in the knee and in the back, on the terrace of the establishment. The victim, taken care of by the emergency services, was taken to the Rouen University Hospital. The alleged attacker fled.
Attacker found in apartment
It was around 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday that the police found the suspect, involved in another assault. Indeed, at that time, a 24-year-old man told the police had also been stabbed in the buttocks, in an apartment in Place de la Rougemare, in downtown Rouen.
What happened in this accommodation is still unclear at this stage of the investigations. Arrived on the spot, the police are in the apartment four people: two men and two women, also carrying traces of violence. The man who opens the door corresponds to the description of the attacker of the Cancan. He was then arrested and taken into custody.
The cook “out of danger”
According to investigators, the dispute at the Cancan originated in an order issued by the kitchen clerk, which the diver did not accept. “Fortunately, our cook is now out of danger. We wish him to recover as soon as possible with his family and loved ones”writes the restaurant in a message published this Wednesday afternoon on Facebook.
The Cancan remained closed on Wednesday. “We are doing everything we can to support our employees and the customers present last night in this ordeal, whom we can contact if necessary”writes the restaurant again.