LA CHAPELLE-SUR-ERDRE: A suspect in a knife attack in France died from injuries sustained in a shootout with police on Friday , sources close to the case said, hours after he badly wounded a female officer in the latest violence directed at police in recent months.
Two French gendarmes were wounded during the exchange of fire that resulted in the arrest of the suspect, authorities said, and one was suffering from shock.An AFP photo reporter at the scene said he heard around a dozen rounds discharged in two rapid bursts during the standoff that took place in a residential area.
French gendarmes secure the area after an assailant stabbed and badly wounded a policewoman in La Chapelle-sur-Erdre, western France, May 28, 2021. REUTERS/Stephane MaheFrench police officers have demanded better protection and harsher punishment for attacks against them after a spate of assaults in the last months which shocked the country.
There was no immediate indication that the French authorities intended to open a terror probe into Friday's attack. Nantes prosecutors said they could not immediately comment. And on Oct 29, three people were killed when a recently arrived Tunisian went on a stabbing spree in a church in the Mediterranean city of Nice.
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