Overview
- The 90-year-old resident was followed into the hall of her building near Place Wagram in the 17th arrondissement, where a man with a knife attacked her Tuesday afternoon.
- She suffered many bruises and leg scrapes, and firefighters took her to Bichat Hospital, where doctors said her life was not in danger.
- The attacker stole a Cartier watch, a gold necklace, and a handbag with about €400 in cash, with losses reported at roughly €20,000.
- Police say the suspect remains at large and is described as a mixed-race man about 35 years old and 1.85 meters tall who fled by taxi toward a town in Val-d’Oise.
- Officers found the knife and a small bag of drugs in the hall, forensic teams processed the scene, and the Sûreté Territoriale de Paris (ST75) is now running the investigation.