24-year-old woman in France injures 2 with blade while shouting 'Allahu akbar'
- At least two persons have been attacked by an unnamed woman in France
- Newsmen reported that the attacker was shouting Allahu akbar (God is greatest) when she cut the victims with a boxcutter knife
- A counsel to the victims said that the assailant has some psychological problems
A twenty-four-year woman in France who went about shouting Allahu akbar (God is greatest) has reportedly injured two persons in a supermarket with a boxcutter blade on Friday, June 17
One of the unnamed victims was attacked on his chest by the assailant in La Seyne-sur-Mer, outside the Mediterranean port of Toulon. However, the prosecutor of the attacked man, Bernard Marchal, told newsmen that the injury sustained was not fatal.
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Another woman working at a checkout counter was also attacked. Both victims were taken to hospital. Marchal said: "It appears to be an isolated case by a person with known psychological problems.Though that doesn't exclude the possibility that she may have been radicalised."
The female attacker, dressed in black and wearing dark sunglasses, did not have a police record. She was overpowered by a customer and two supermarket employees and was taken into police custody.
One of those who stopped the attacker, Sebastien said: "I grabbed her wrists to get hold of the cutter. I asked her 'Why did you do it.' She did not answer."
"She was in a panic, she was afraid, she did not understand what was happening to her, she had no strength left."
Police officials carried out a search in her home to determine if she is in any way linked to the Islamic state group. Marchal said: "We don't yet know if this is a terrorist act, but in any case it was terrifying."
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Journalists claim that not less than 240 people have been killed in jihadist attacks after the massacre at the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine in Paris in January, 2015.
Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that attacks from two bombers had reportedly left 31 people dead in Damboa town of Borno state.
The attackers were said to have launched their attacks only few hours after the chief of Army staff, Tukur Buratai, appealed to some internally displaced persons in the state to return to their communities.
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