It is the latest of severa­l knife attack­s France has seen in recent months­PARIS: Seven people including two British tourists were wounded in Paris late Sunday by a knife-wielding man, a terrifying attack that bystanders tried to stop by throwing petanque balls at the assailant. According to the same witness, the attacker then dived into an alleyway, where the man “tried to hide behind two British tourists. It is the latest of several knife attacks France has seen in recent months, with terrorism being ruled out in most cases. Seven children killed, 12 wounded in China knife attackThat attack came days after an Afghan asylum-seeker was arrested in town of Perigueux for a drunken rampage with a knife in which four people were wounded, one seriously. At least 14 injured in ‘knife attack’ on German busMore than 240 people have been killed by extremists since a massacre at the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine in Paris in January 2015.

Source: The Express Tribune September 10, 2018 06:14 UTC