French soldier stabbed in neck
French authorities are investigating any possible links with an attack a soldier near Paris with the Woolwich attack on Drummer Rigby.
Report: French soldier stabbed in neck in Paris
A French soldier in Paris has been stabbed in the neck by a man who quickly fled the scene and is still being sought, a police source has told Reuters.
The soldier, patrolling as part of France's Vigipirate anti-terrorist surveillance plan, was injured in the stabbing but would survive, the source said.
French daily Le Parisien cited police sources as saying the suspected attacker was a bearded man of North African origin about 30 years old, and was wearing an Arab-style garment under his jacket.
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