Police station knife attacker shot dead in France
A statement by the Interior Ministry said the man entered the station in the Joue-les-Tours suburb on Saturday afternoon and committed a “brutal aggression” against a police officer, leaving them with unidentified injuries.
Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve praised the “sang froid and the professionalism of the officers present,” one of whom shot dead the unidentified assailant.
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Hide AdThe UMP party said in a statement that judicial authorities and an anti-terrorist unit have been called on to investigate the attack.
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