A drama played out in the corridors of the Reims hospital. A nurse and a medical secretary were wounded with a knife Monday in the early afternoon and the vital prognosis of one of them is engaged, said the Reims prosecutor's office, confirming information from the daily L'Union.

"An investigation for attempted murder has been opened and entrusted to the central police station of Reims, told AFP Atthieu Bourrette, prosecutor of Reims, adding that a person had been arrested.

A man arrested, an investigation opened

According to information gathered by L'Union, the individual arrived on the first floor of the establishment making incoherent remarks before pulling out a kitchen knife. He then allegedly stabbed a nurse after breaking into a locker room, before attacking a secretary.

"I express my deep emotion after the violent attack, in the early afternoon, of a nurse and a medical secretary at the University Hospital of Reims," wrote on Twitter the Minister of Health, François Braun. "To assure the teams of my support and that of my ministry, I will go there" Monday evening, he added.

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