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One dead, nine wounded in France after suspected knife attack

LYON, France, Sept 1: One person was killed and at least nine others wounded on Saturday in the city of Villeurbanne near Lyon in central France after a suspected knife attack, a police source told Reuters.
By Reuters

LYON, France, Sept 1: One person was killed and at least nine others wounded on Saturday in the city of Villeurbanne near Lyon in central France after a suspected knife attack, a police source told Reuters.


A suspect carrying a knife was arrested, the source said. A second source close to the police said the man had told officers he was an Afghan national.


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The police source said the motivation for the suspected attack, which took place around 1430 GMT, was not immediately clear.


The police source said authorities had been hunting for a suspected second attacker. But the second source said this search was now not being pursued, adding that the victim was aged 19.


The suspected attacker assaulted residents waiting at a bus stop and then ran towards an underground station before being seized by other local people and transport staff, Lyon mayor Lyon Gerard Collomb told reporters.


A helicopter was patrolling the area, a Reuters correspondent at the location reported.

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