Two police officers have been injured while attempting to arrest a suspected car thief near Cherbourg, France’s Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin said on Thursday. The assailant reportedly struck the officers with a sword. A third officer at the scene managed to neutralize the attacker. On Thursday at around 15:30 pm local time (14:30 […]
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False alarm: Police clear office block in Paris suburb after reports of armed assailant… and find air-conditioning repair man
Police evacuated an office block belonging to telecommunications company Axione in the Malakoff district of Paris after sightings of an allegedly armed man – but it turned out to be a case of mistaken identity. Police were called to the Boulevard Camélinat, in a southern district of the French capital, on Tuesday afternoon, after reports […]
New Zealand beefs up counter-terrorism law after ‘ISIS-inspired’ knife assailant injured 7 despite weeks of police surveillance
New Zealand has voted to strengthen a counter-terrorism bill, now criminalizing the planning of attacks after a knifeman inspired by Islamic State recently left several injured, despite being trailed by police for weeks. Parliament passed the bill on its third reading on Thursday, voting to amend two previous pieces of legislation that took effect in […]