A 10-year-old boy has been charged with the stabbing and attempted rape of a 22-year-old woman, the prosecutor in Saint-Brieuc announced on Wednesday.

The young woman was exercising in a wooded area of Saint-Brieuc on June 15 “when a male individual approached her and ordered her to undress, which she refused to do,” prosecutor Julien Wattebled said in a press release.

The young boy then stabbed her twice, once in the arm and once in the abdomen, before fleeing, according to French news outlet Le Figaro.

Eight days later, patrolling officers spotted “an individual corresponding in all respects to the report given by the victim,” and discovered a knife matching the one used in the attack.

Due to the suspect being only 10, he was detained for 12 hours, a period renewed once by prosecutors. During questioning, he admitted to being the perpetrator, the Saint-Brieuc prosecutor noted.

On Wednesday, he was charged with attempted murder and attempted rape with a weapon.

Since the law does not allow criminal penalties for children so young, the investigating judge ordered a provisional judicial educational measure (MEJP), barring the boy from leaving his home between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. and from contacting his victim.

The 10-year-old boy is not the only young person arrested for rape in France in recent days. Villeurbanne. On June 17, in Feyssine Park, a 14-year-old male forcibly dragged a young woman into the bushes and then attempted to rape her. The woman began screaming, which scared off the perpetrator.

He was arrested shortly after the incident, resisted, and injured a police officer. He was initially placed in custody, but later released under judicial supervision, according to Ouest France.