In France, a man with a knife attacked a 6-year-old and an 11-year-old girl near a school
Kyiv • UNN
A man with a knife attacked two girls aged 6 and 11 near a school in France, wounding them, and was arrested.
In France, on the morning of Thursday, April 18, two girls aged 6 and 11 were lightly injured in a knife attack by a man near a school near Strasbourg. The man was arrested. This was reported by Ouest-France, UNN.
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The incident occurred in the Lower Rhine.
According to a source close to the girls, ambulance staff provided them with "emergency treatment". The attacker, according to the gendarmerie, was arrested.
"A medical and psychological emergency center has been set up at the school," the prefecture said.
The victims suffered superficial injuries, a source close to the investigation told RMC. The older girl was attacked in front of the school, while the younger girl was attacked on a nearby square.
According to the gendarmerie, the man is "not known to the police" and his motives are "not related to radicalization". A source close to the case said that the man also suffers from mental disorders.