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Sunday, October 1, 2017
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Sunday, October 1, 2017
Macron calls Marseille knife attack ‘barbaric’
France’s President Emmanuel Macron says he is “deeply outraged” by a “barbaric” knife attack that left two women dead at Marseille’s main train station.
Macron also paid tribute to the French soldiers assigned to domestic security whom the president said in a tweet responded with cool heads and efficiency.
The French government this month decided to maintain the military force of 7,000 soldiers that was created to protect sensitive sites after the deadly extremist attacks of 2015.
Prime Minister Edouard Philippe also praised the soldiers who shot the suspect and stopped the “killing frenzy.”
He expressed condolences to the victims’ families and concern for Marseille residents.
— AP
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