A migrant from Algeria has been arrested after a person was killed with a knife and five police officers were injured in the French city of Mulhouse on Saturday.
The 37-year-old suspect, an Algerian national, was known to police prior to the attack and was on France’s Watch List for the Prevention of Terrorist Radicalization (FSPRT), Mulhouse prosecutor Nicolas Heitz said.
According to Le Figaro, at least one person died as a result of the stabbing attack on Saturday.
Two municipal police officers were also seriously injured, with one suffering an injury to the thorax and the other to the carotid artery. A further three municipal officers suffered non-serious injuries during the attack.
The French paper of record went on to report that sources indicated
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