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Tuesday, August 30, 2016
French police officer wounded by knife-wielding attacker
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleFrench officials say that a police officer in the southern city of Toulouse has been wounded by a knife-wielding assailant.
Police spokesman David Delattre says the attack took place Tuesday afternoon when a person entered the Rempart Saint-Etienne police station and attacked the officer with a knife.
Delattre says the officer has a minor neck injury and adds that the attacker has been arrested, but he can’t elaborate further on the cause of the attack or the identity of either individual.
An Interior Ministry official, who isn’t authorized to speak to the media so speaks on condition of anonymity, says that it’s too soon to say if the “attack was of a terrorist nature,” but the attacker is known to local authorities for having psychological issues.
— AP
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