2014 Joué-lès-Tours France stabbings

2014 Joué-lès-Tours stabbings ---
tags: muslim/mideast suspect, terrorism, attack on police, France

The 2014 Joué-lès-Tours stabbings was an attack by an lone knifeman in the city of Tours within the suburb of Joué-lès-Tours, central France on the 20 December 2014. The attack occurred inside the towns police station which injured three officers before the attack was shot dead. [1] The 20 year old Burundian man ran to the police station and a started banging of the front doors of the station Several officers opened the door to see what the man was doing. Then the attacker began stabbing an female officer and then attack two other officers with the knife, as he was attacking the officers he was shouting Allahu Akbar. A fourth officer pulled out his gun and opened fire, killing the attacker. The officers was taken to hospital.[2][3][4] Investigation[edit] Anti-terror investigators are probing the incident and to fined out way the man was not on the terror watch lists run by France's main domestic intelligence service. He had a criminal record and was known for his "radical Islamic views". It has been reported that he and his brother wished to travel to Syria to fight for Islamic State.

 References[edit]
 ^ Police Shoot Dead Man Who Attacked Officers
 ^ 'Allahu Akbar' attacker shot by French police
^ Suspected Islamic fanatic shot dead after stabbing three police officers
^ French police on Saturday shot dead a knife-wielding man who attacked three officers in a police station while shouting "Allahu Akbar" ("God is great")

From Wikipedia 22 December 2014 (deleted)