Yvelines: Teenager suspected of attacking his family with a knife actively sought

A 16-year-old teenager is suspected of having attacked his mother and his 2-year-old brother with a knife in an apartment in Yvelines, on Wednesday, October 2. The suspect, who suffers from mental disorders, fled.

A 16-year-old teenager with mental disorders has vanished in the wilderness. The young man is actively sought this Thursday, October 3, as he is suspected of having attacked his family, including his mother and little brother, with a knife before fleeing. The attack took place Wednesday morning in the family apartment located in La Celle-Saint-Cloud, in the Yvelines, reports Le Parisien.

The mother, who lives with her two children on the first floor of a building, found refuge with a neighbor on the third floor. While the youngest of the children, only 2 years old, was found on the floor in the stairwell between the first floor and the ground floor, lying on her stomach and crying. It was the neighbors who gave alert. L'ainé of the siblings was no longer there.

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The 16-year-old is considered the main suspect. According to initial findings from the investigation conducted by the Yvelines territorial criminal directorate, the two victims were stabbed while the mother was holding the young child in her arms. The suspected teenager then allegedly took the child with him before dropping him on the floor on the stairs.

The suspect is still wanted

The suspect on the run is described by Le Parisien as a teenager suffering from bipolar disorder and schizophrenia but being monitored psychiatrically. The events and the assault could have occurred during a crisis of the young man. He has been wanted since Wednesday. The apartment where the incident took place is located just a hundred meters from the Marly-le-Roi forest, but there is no indication of the suspect's escape. It is not said whether the suspect is armed or not, but according to Le Parisien, the knife with which the victims were attacked has not been found. on site.

The two victims were taken to the André-Mignot hospital in Versailles. The child has two superficial wounds on his flank and shoulder blade.