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11:45 a.m. : The Minister of the Interior also clarified that the suspect was “between life and death”. The man was seriously injured by one of the police officers who used his service weapon.
11:37 : The suspect had “no criminal record” and was unknown to the intelligence services, added Gérald Darmanin. The investigation was entrusted to the judicial police of Nice. The national anti-terrorism prosecution was not contacted.
11:46 am : The suspect is “a national who has an Algerian passport” and who goes “regularly on French territory“, added Gérald Darmanin. This man in his thirties has an Italian residence permit and “had applied for a resident card in France” which has not yet been granted.
11:33 : Gérald Darmanin speaks from Cannes where he discusses the circumstances of the attack on a police officer “early this morning” : “Four policemen were in a car and going to take their duty”. The man attacked one of the police officers in the crew with a knife. The latter was not “physically injured” thanks to his bulletproof vest, but is “extremely shocked”, according to the Minister of the Interior.
11:20 a.m. : We know a little more about the profile of the man who attacked a police officer. This 37-year-old Algerian was unknown to the intelligence services, Franceinfo learned from a source close to the investigation.
11:19 a.m. : The Minister of the Interior arrived in Cannes where a police officer was attacked this morning. The mayor of Cannes, David Lisnard, and the mayor of Nice, Christian Estrosi, are also on site. They will talk to the police from the central police station.
09:12 : Hello @Mathieu, indeed, the Minister of the Interior declared that the attacker had been “neutralized”. For now, a police source tells us that one of the agents used his service weapon “seriously injuring the aggressor”.
09:11 : hello I did not understand the term neutralized. Is the assailant dead
10:04 am : It is a little after 9 o’clock, here is a new point on the main headlines of the news:
# COVID_19 A masked re-entry. Wearing a mask is now compulsory in primary school in 61 departments. “It’s unpleasant for everyone but it’s necessary”, insisted on franceinfo the Minister of National Education, Jean-Michel Blanquer.
A police officer was attacked with a stabbing weapon near the Cannes central police station but did not “not been physically injured, thanks to his bulletproof vest”, according to the Minister of the Interior. Gérald Darmanin will go there. The aggressor was “neutralized”.
Three unidentified bodies were discovered by mountain guides in Nepal, in the area where three young French mountaineers disappeared on October 26, local police said.
It is a strong expectation of the victims. One month after the publication of the report of the Sauvé commission, the Catholic bishops gathered in Lourdes will announce during the day “gestures” and one “timeline” of measures to fight against pedocriminality in the Church.
8:59 am : Victim of a stab, the policeman was fortunately not physically injured, thanks to his bulletproof vest. https://t.co/uGqdnSiX0L
9:04 am : Contrary to what he had declared at first, the Minister of the Interior finally confirmed that the policeman attacked in Cannes was not “physically injured, thanks to his bulletproof vest”.
08:12 : The man then walked around the vehicle to attack the captain who was sitting in the front, in the passenger seat. But another team member prevented it by using his service weapon, seriously injuring the attacker, Franceinfo also learned from a police source. The Nice judicial police were seized of the investigation.
08:07 : A lone man approached a police car parked in front of the central police station in Cannes. He opened the driver’s door and stabbed him in the thorax, Franceinfo learned from a police source. The policeman was wearing a bulletproof vest.
8:10 a.m. : The facts took place around 6.30 am in front of the Cannes police station. The police officer attacked with a stabbing weapon was “saved thanks to his bulletproof vest”, learned France Télévisions from a police source.
07:52 : A man attacked police officers with knives near the Cannes central police station. One of the officers responded with his firearm. There are no deaths and the circumstances of the attack are being clarified. Full support for our law enforcement agencies.
07:52 : The mayor of Cannes, David Lisnard, specifies that the man attacked police near the central police station. “One of the officers responded with his firearm. There are no fatalities and the circumstances of the attack are being clarified,” adds the chosen one.
07:50 : A policeman from the #Cannes police station was wounded with a stabbing weapon. The assailant was neutralized by his colleagues. I am going there immediately this morning and I give all my support to the national police and to the city of Cannes.
07:50 : A police officer from the Cannes police station was wounded with a knife, announces Gérald Darmanin. The attacker “was neutralized” by his colleagues, according to the Minister of the Interior, who went there.