Overview
- The volunteer was stabbed in the abdomen at or near the Fontan fire station around 2:45 p.m. and was airlifted to Nice’s Pasteur 2 hospital, where her life is not in danger.
- Prosecutors in Nice opened an inquiry for attempted homicide on a firefighter and assigned the case to the Menton gendarmerie.
- The attacker fled and is being sought by gendarmes using an expanded search effort in the area, according to officials.
- The prosecutor said there was no apparent motive and the victim reported she did not know the assailant.
- Local reporting indicates the intruder may have been seeking valuables during a moment of low staffing, while a psychological support unit and senior officials have been deployed to assist the crew.