Overview
- The young man was struck in the head with a wooden plank near Canal Saint‑Martin and remains in an induced coma.
- Paris prosecutors upgraded the case from aggravated assault to attempted voluntary homicide on Thursday.
- Police arrested the suspect and transferred him to the police psychiatric infirmary, which ended his initial custody.
- Prosecutors issued a mandat d’amener, an order that he be brought before a judge once he leaves psychiatric care.
- The inquiry is led by the local SAIP 10 unit, and a police source told Le Figaro that two friends of the victim were briefly held after beating the suspect.