DEADLY KNIFE RAMPAGE Knifeman ‘slits the throats of his father and brother on busy Paris street in broad daylight’
A MAN cut the throat of his own father and brother in broad daylight on a busy Paris street, it is reported.
Both victims died at the scene despite paramedics’ efforts to save them this morning.
One witness told Le Parisien: “I went down. I saw a body in the hall, a body in the yard and a third person sitting with the firemen and policemen around.
“There was blood everywhere.”
Armed police were pictured following the attack in the French capital’s Place de la Nation.
Horror as father and son have throats slit in Paris street killing
A FATHER and son have died after a knifeman slit their throats in a stabbing in Paris in broad daylight.
By Katie Mansfield
PUBLISHED: 12:13, Fri, Mar 17, 2017 | UPDATED: 13:45, Fri, Mar 17, 2017
Police sources say the men were discovered with their throats slit outside a building in the French capital’s 11th district.
Both men died at the scene as paramedics tried to save them.
Police sources say the men were discovered with their throats slit outside a building in the French capital’s 11th district.
Both men died at the scene as paramedics tried to save them.
The attack happened on Rue de Montreuil in the east of the French capital near Place de la Nation.
Police sources have called for caution on the motives of the knifeman.
Judicial police are leading the investigation.
Local media say the father was killed in the courtyard of the building.
The knifeman, said to be his son, is thought to have stabbed him in the stomach before slitting his throat.
Witnesses said the killer then sat by the body.
Police have set up a psychological unit on the ground floor for those affected by witnessing the killing.
Traffic was stopped in the area with firefighters and SWAT officers at the scene throughout Friday afternoon.
The attack comes amid high security in the city just hours before Prince William and his wife the Duchess of Cambridge visit to meet President Francois Hollande.
France remains under a state of emergency following a string of deadly terror attacks in the past 18 months.
The attack happened on Rue de Montreuil in the east of the French capital near Place de la Nation.
By some witness accounts he shouted 'Allahu akbar' in (or right after) the act, which the media are hesitant to relay. Don't think that's helpful.
Counterpoint: yesterday a white French lightie killed a classmate in Grasse. Coverage of that one's all about his psychological problems.
Edited the title because this thread might as well be broader in subject matter.