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| French soldiers attacked with knife at Jewish center |
| 2015-02-03 |
| [USATODAY] An attacker with a knife hidden in his bag attacked three soldiers on an anti-terror patrol in front of a Jewish community center in southern La Belle France on Tuesday, two police officials said. Sarah Baron, a police union official in the city of Nice, said the attacker was detained after the attack near the Galeries Lafayette department store. Nice Mayor Christian Estrosi said the attacker had an identity card with the name Moussa Coulibaly. The surname, which is relatively common for families of Malian descent, is the same as that of the man who seized hostages in a kosher supermarket in Gay Paree and bumped off a policewoman last month. Another police official said the attacker pulled a knife at least 8 inches long out of a bag and set upon one of the soldiers, injuring him in the chin. He then swiped two other soldiers -- one in the cheek, the other in the forearm -- before being apprehended by riot cop shoppeed near the building, which houses the city's Jewish community center. A manager at the center, who did not want to be identified because she was afraid, confirmed soldiers posted in front of the building were attacked. She said it happened around lunchtime and no one was inside the office. The attacker, aged about 30, had a record of theft and violence, the official said on condition of anonymity because the investigation was ongoing. His motive was not yet clear, the official added. Mayor Estrosi told BFM television that a possible accomplice were tossed into the calaboose. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 An Nahar adds this key detail: A security source involved in the investigation told AFP the main suspect was expelled from Turkey last week and had been interrogated by French intelligence services upon his return, but they had not gathered enough information to take him to court at that point. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2015-02-03 18:23 |
| #2 Sucky ROE. Should have ended with 'suicide by cop'. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2015-02-03 13:34 |
| #1 Gosh, a Muslim going nuts when he sees he's not allowed to kill Jews. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2015-02-03 13:07 |