The assailant, who was shot by the police, was also killed
Two people were attacked with a knife tonight in the city of Bordeaux, France. They were rushed to a hospital where one was pronounced dead, while the second is hospitalized in critical condition.
Watch video from the moment of the attack:
⚠️ ALERT ⚠️#Bordeaux : les premières images de l’assaillant au couteau sont terrifying : on voit un homme en djellaba poignarder à plusieurs reprises un homme à terre qui lui hurle d’arréter.
Un mort et une autre victime en urgence absolue.
The knife, the djellaba,… pic.twitter.com/o1sheHi3S3
— Jean MESSIHA (@JeanMessiha) April 10, 2024
Police rushed to the scene and managed to locate the perpetrator, who they shot, mortally wounding him.
Watch video of the neutralization of the attacker by the police:
❤️ Merci @PoliceNationale ! #Bordeaux pic.twitter.com/Yqw5Dj9YFR
— Damien Rieu (@DamienRieu) April 10, 2024
According to information from the newspaper Le Figaro, the perpetrator of the attack and the victims were immigrants from North Africa.
French police are not linking the incident to terrorism, BFM TV reports.
Ahead of this summer’s Olympics, French authorities have been put on high alert.
Emergency security measures were taken on Wednesday night in Paris for the football match between Paris Saint-Germain and Barcelona, following threats from the Islamic State jihadist organization of terrorist attacks in matches of the quarter-final phase of the Champions League.
Source :Skai
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