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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Donna Ferguson

Man killed intervening in knife attack on French police officers

Police on street
A French forensic police investigator collects evidence in Mulhouse, eastern France on Saturday 22 February. Photograph: Sébastien Bozon/AFP/Getty Images

A 69-year-old man who intervened when a suspected terrorist attacked police officers with a knife shouting “Allahu Akbar” has died in eastern France.

Two police officers were also seriously injured in the suspected Islamist terrorist act, which took place in the city of Mulhouse during a demonstration in support of the Congo on Saturday afternoon. Three other police officers were lightly wounded.

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