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Security tight in French city after suspected knife attack

1 September 2019
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2019-09-01 12:31

in the city of Villeurbanne near Lyon in central France, one person was killed and at least nine others wounded on Saturday after a suspected knife attack, a police source told Reuters. A suspect carrying a knife was arrested, the source said. the man had told officers he was an Afghan national.

The police source said the motivation for the suspected attack, which took place around 14.30 GMT, was not immediately clear. The police source said authorities had been hunting for a suspected second attacker. The suspected attacker assaulted residents waiting at a bus stop and then ran towards an underground station before being seized by other local people and transport staff, Lyon mayor told reporters.

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