Prosecutors say man ‘known for radicalisation’ taken to hospital and placed in custodyFrench police have shot and injured a man holding a knife in Metz, two days after a fatal stabbing in Paris. Mercuri said the man was taken to hospital, where he was placed in custody and put under investigation for the attempted murder of police officers. Witnesses said a 22-year-old man who killed a man and injured two women at a park in Villejuif, a suburb of Paris, also shouted “Allahu Akbar”. Mercuri said he was in discussions with terrorism prosecutors about whether they should take charge of the investigation in Metz. He then fatally stabbed a 56-year-old man in the heart and injured his wife, before stabbing a 30-year-old jogger in the back.

Source: The Guardian January 05, 2020 18:02 UTC