Thread: French Soldier Stabbed In Neck In Paris

French Soldier Stabbed In Neck In Paris

The French president says authorities are investigating any possible links with the attack on Drummer Lee Rigby in Woolwich.

10:16pm UK, Saturday 25 May 2013


The soldier was attacked in a train station in the city's business district

A French soldier on patrol in Paris has been stabbed in the throat by a man believed to be of North-African origin.

The soldier was injured during the attack but will survive, said a military spokesman.

French daily Le Parisien cited police sources as saying the suspected attacker was a bearded man, about 30-years-old and was wearing an Arab-style garment under his jacket.

He fled the scene and is being sought by police.

The soldier was patrolling the business area of La Defense as part of France's Vigipirate anti-terrorist surveillance plan.

A policeman works at the scene of the attackThe stabbing comes just days after British soldier Drummer Lee Rigby was hacked to death on a London street in broad daylight in a suspected terrorist attack that has raised fears of potential copycat strikes.

There was no immediate confirmation of any link to the Paris attack but French President Francois Hollande said authorities are investigating all possibilities.

He said: "There could be a link, but we will look at all the elements."

http://news.sky.com/story/1095605/fr...-neck-in-paris

Islamophobic Backlash! French Soldier Stabbed - Attacker a bearded man of North African origin

...wearing an Arab-style garment.

h/t Shobie & Martin

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