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| Knife-wielding man shot in France at gendarmerie barracks after attacking officer | |
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| A man armed with a knife has been shot by a gendarme after entering barracks and wounding an officer in the hand at Dieuze in the Moselle region of France. Local media reports said the man was immediately neutralized. | A man armed with a knife has been shot by a gendarme after entering barracks and wounding an officer in the hand at Dieuze in the Moselle region of France. Local media reports said the man was immediately neutralized. |
| The incident happened at around 3:30PM. The officer retaliated with his tear gas canister before firing his weapon twice, the gendarmerie told AFP. | The incident happened at around 3:30PM. The officer retaliated with his tear gas canister before firing his weapon twice, the gendarmerie told AFP. |
| The attacker, who reportedly entered the barracks wearing civilian clothing, was injured in the abdomen and transported to Metz hospital. | The attacker, who reportedly entered the barracks wearing civilian clothing, was injured in the abdomen and transported to Metz hospital. |
| While the gendarmerie said they are trying to determine the man's motives and whether the incident could be terrorism-related, a local prosecutor, Christial Mercuri, told a news conference that shortly before the incident, a call was placed to the police facility warning of a terror attack linked to the Islamic State militant group. | |
| “We must relate the facts to a call received by the operational center of the gendarmerie shortly before, in which an individual declared that he was a soldier, that there was going to be carnage in Dieuze and that he was a member of Islamic State,” AFP quoted Mercuri as saying. | |
| The attacker had not been known to the French counter-terrorist authorities, nor did he have any criminal record according to local media. | |
| Officials have not yet confirmed the severity of the attacker's injuries. | Officials have not yet confirmed the severity of the attacker's injuries. |
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