Police officers attacked in Cannes: two men arrested and placed in police custody Monday evening – franceinfo

Two men were arrested and taken into police custody on Monday evening, after the assault on police officers in Cannes, franceinfo learned from a source close to the case on Tuesday, November 9. This is knowledge of the alleged perpetrator of the stabbing, a 37-year-old Algerian who was taken care of at the Nice hospital after being hit by retaliatory fire.

His vital prognosis is not engaged and he will be heard as soon as his condition allows. While he was not known to the intelligence services, the search carried out at his home did not reveal any elements of radicalization or membership in a jihadist organization.

An investigation for “attempted murder of national police officials” is opened after this attack on a police patrol from the Cannes police station, the Grasse public prosecutor said on Monday. The national anti-terrorism prosecution has visited the scene and is evaluating the advisability of its referral, but it is the prosecution of Grasse which remains competent for the moment.