Knife attack in Cannes: police targeted, what we know

Police attacked by a man armed with a knife. The facts are products Monday, November 8 in the morning, in Cannes (Alpes-Maritimes). They were filmed by a surveillance camera. The man attacked a first policeman who was in a company car, parked in the parking lot of the central police station.

Very quickly, the colleague of the first agent targeted by three stab wounds got out of the vehicle. The assailant then attacked her. The two other police officers present finally fired on the individual. The man was seriously injured. The officials are unharmed thanks to their bulletproof vests. For the time being, the anti-terrorism prosecution has not taken up the investigation. The suspect, Lakhdar B., is a 37-year-old Algerian national who lived in this neighborhood. His apartment was searched. Monday evening, the assailant’s vital prognosis was still engaged.