In France, migrants are continuing their criminal activities into the New Year, picking up where they left off in 2023.

French authorities arrested a 16-year-old unaccompanied minor from Ivory Coast on suspicion of stabbing a street vendor in the throat at the Limoges fair. According to Le Figaro, a scuffle broke out between the vendor and the young migrant for reasons still unknown.

The scuffle, for reasons yet unknown, swiftly escalated into aggression as the Ivorian minor stabbed his 25-year-old victim twice with a knife, once in the jugular.

The vendor was seriously injured and is in a critical condition in a local hospital. The incident marks the second such attack in Limoges in just a few weeks. On Christmas Day, a 16-year-old boy of Turkish nationality was brutally stabbed in a car park and later succumbed to his injuries. Five Pakistani minors were arrested in connection with the murder.

On New Year’s Eve, a 75-year-old French woman fell victim to a brutal rape by an African migrant who had broken into her home. According to police information, the migrant first ransacked her apartment,

then proceeded to rape the elderly woman. The victim’s disabled husband, unable to leave his bed, had to witness the heinous act.

Following the rape, the migrant demanded money from the terrified woman who produced a 50-euro bill, and the he fled the scene. The French BFMTV channel reports that the perpetrator has since been arrested by police.

Après le viol d’une femme de 75 ans á son domicile, en Seine-et-Marne, un suspect a été arrêté et placé en garde á vue pic.twitter.com/yOJUv3lD3V

— BFMTV (@BFMTV) January 2, 2024

During the New Year celebrations, several other migrant attacks occurred. In Paris, a migrant forcibly kissed a seven-year-old girl on the mouth in front of her father, thrusting her to the ground. He was apprehended by police and subsequently sentenced to 18 months in jail. He claimed not to remember the incident due to excessive alcohol consumption that night.