Soldiers in Nice, France. (AFP)
Agence France Presse quoted a police source as saying that three soldiers on patrol outside a Jewish community center in southern France were attacked by a knife-wielding assailant, leaving two of them wounded. The third was hurt in the forearm.
The attacker was arrested, the agency quoted the source as saying, adding that the lives of the wounded soldiers were not in danger.
The attack happened in central Nice. Two people who were with the assailant fled the scene, reports say. France has been on high alert since last month's terror attacks in the Paris region by three Islamist gunmen, in which 17 were killed.
One soldier was hurt in one arm, the other in the face in Tuesday's attack, an official at Nice city hall said.
Two police officers from the city's tram service and another man managed to arrest the assailant, who reportedly had two knives.
The soldiers were guarding a building housing the Nice Israeli Consistory, Radio Shalom and a Jewish association.
More than 10,000 soldiers have been deployed around the country to protect sensitive locations, including shopping areas, synagogues, mosques, community centres, airports and railway stations.
The mayor of Nice, Christian Estrosi, immediately condemned the attack and called on the government to keep the soldiers on the streets.
Earlier on Tuesday, seven men and a woman were arrested in Paris and Lyon on suspicion of involvement in a network that recruited fighters to join Islamic extremists in Syria. The interior minister, Bernard Cazeneuve, said they were not suspected of links to the Paris attacks, but had travelled to Syria.
The interior minister, Bernard Cazeneuve, said they were not suspected of links to the Paris attacks, but had travelled to Syria.
Other members of the network are still believed to be in Syria.
Hundreds of French nationals have joined extremists fighting in Syria and Iraq.
French police have arrested dozens of suspected extremists since the attacks but came under fire for questioning an eight-year-old boy who allegedly made comments in school praising terrorists. - AFP
Agence France Presse quoted a police source as saying that three soldiers on patrol outside a Jewish community center in southern France were attacked by a knife-wielding assailant, leaving two of them wounded. The third was hurt in the forearm.
The attacker was arrested, the agency quoted the source as saying, adding that the lives of the wounded soldiers were not in danger.
One soldier was hurt in one arm, the other in the face in Tuesday's attack, an official at Nice city hall said.
Two police officers from the city's tram service and another man managed to arrest the assailant, who reportedly had two knives.
The soldiers were guarding a building housing the Nice Israeli Consistory, Radio Shalom and a Jewish association.
The assailant was arrested but two people with him are believed to have fled, a police union official said. The attack took place in front of a building housing a Jewish radio station, a religious centre and a community organisation.
More than 10,000 soldiers have been deployed around the country to protect sensitive locations, including shopping areas, synagogues, mosques, community centres, airports and railway stations.
The mayor of Nice, Christian Estrosi, immediately condemned the attack and called on the government to keep the soldiers on the streets.
Earlier on Tuesday, seven men and a woman were arrested in Paris and Lyon on suspicion of involvement in a network that recruited fighters to join Islamic extremists in Syria. The interior minister, Bernard Cazeneuve, said they were not suspected of links to the Paris attacks, but had travelled to Syria.
The interior minister, Bernard Cazeneuve, said they were not suspected of links to the Paris attacks, but had travelled to Syria.
Other members of the network are still believed to be in Syria.
Hundreds of French nationals have joined extremists fighting in Syria and Iraq.
French police have arrested dozens of suspected extremists since the attacks but came under fire for questioning an eight-year-old boy who allegedly made comments in school praising terrorists. - AFP
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