French Soldier Stabbed In Neck In Paris

Via WiscoDave

 

A knife attack on a soldier on anti-terrorist duties in Paris was an attempt to kill, according to France's Defence Minister.

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.

 The 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.

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Washington Post 

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The lone attacker was described as a young man wearing a Muslim prayer cap and a North African-style robe called a jellabah. According to a police account, he was monitored on security cameras and seen shedding his robe and fleeing in European clothes before disappearing into the crowd in a subway and suburban train entrance.

 The patrols usually comprise several soldiers in camouflage uniforms and armed with French-made 

FAMAS automatic rifles. There was no word, however, on what other members of the patrol did or whether anybody fired at the assailant.

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Breitbart 

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The French soldier was on a group patrol as part of a national protection program when he was attacked from behind, prosecutor Robert Gelli told BFM-TV. The assailant did not say a word, Gelli told Europe 1.

"There are elements -- the sudden violence of the attack -- that could lead one to believe there might be a comparison with what happened in London," Interior Minister Manuel Valls told France 2 television.