Saudi man arrested in Jeddah after knife attack on guard at French consulate

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A Saudi man was arrested in the Red Sea city of Jeddah after attacking and wounding a security guard with a 'sharp tool' at the French consulate on Thursday, local police said.

Security forces guard the area after a reported knife attack at Notre Dame church in Nice, France, October 29, 2020.A Saudi man was arrested in the Red Sea city of Jeddah after attacking and wounding a security guard with a"sharp tool" at the French consulate on Thursday, local police said.

The French Embassy said the consulate was subject to an"attack by knife which targeted a guard", adding the guard was taken to hospital and his life was not in danger. The attack occurred after a knife-wielding man shouting"Allahu Akbar" beheaded a woman and killed two other people in the French city of Nice earlier in the day. Nice's mayor described the attack as terrorism.

Since Samuel Paty's killing, French officials have reasserted the right to display the cartoons as a matter of free expression, and the images have been widely displayed at marches in solidarity with the teacher.

 

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