A nurse who was attacked by a man with a knife yesterday Monday at a hospital in Rennes, east Francewho died from her injuries during the night, the prosecutor’s office said today, referring to the “murder”.

“An autopsy has been scheduled,” she said in her statement.

“I just learned with great sadness of the death of Karen, a 38-year-old nurse who was brutally attacked yesterday in a Rennes hospital,” French Health Minister François Bron, who went to the hospital where the attack took place, tweeted. Monday.

A doctor’s assistant was also injured in the attack, which took place yesterday afternoon at the hospital, when a 59-year-old man with mental problems attacked two women with a knife.

He was arrested immediately after he attempted to escape and “appears to have acted without motivation and without being assigned to a hospital,” the Rennes prosecutor said in a statement.

“He appears to be in serious trouble and has been under heavy legal support for many years,” he added.

The man had previously been charged with rape but was acquitted in June 2022 after being found not guilty.

^{Source: APE-MEB, AFP.}