PARIS (Reuters) -An assailant stabbed and badly wounded a policewoman on Friday in the town of La Chapelle-sur-Erdre in western France, a police source said on Friday.
PARIS An assailant stabbed and badly wounded a policewoman on Friday in the town of La Chapelle-sur-Erdre in western France, a police source said on Friday.
A police operation was underway in La Chapelle-sur-Erdre, France, on May 28, amid reports a police officer had been seriously injured in a stabbing.Ouest France reported that a man entered a police station in La Chapelle-sur-Erdre , north of Nantes, and stabbed a policewoman several times. The man fled and police were searching for him.This is a developing story. Credit: Auguste Letram via Storyful
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French special police forces and firefighters are seen after an assailant stabbed and badly wounded a policewoman in La Chapelle-sur-Erdre, western France, May 28, 2021. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe
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A man who stabbed and badly wounded a policewoman on Friday in the town of La Chapelle-sur-Erdre in western France was reported by prison staff to have been radicalised in jail, a source close to the investigation said.
The source also said the man, who was released from jail in March following a conviction for violence, had psychological disorders.
PARIS A policewoman was seriously injured in a knife attack on Friday morning in a town in western France, reported local media. The attacker entered the com