Three soldiers on patrol outside a Jewish community centre in Nice were wounded in a knife attack on Tuesday as France maintains heightened security measures in the wake of the Paris terror attacks last month, reports The Telegraph.
Two of the soldiers were stabbed in the face and one is reported to have have been seriously wounded. The third was hurt in the forearm.
The assailant was arrested but two people with him are believed to have fled, a police union official said.
The attack took place in front of a building housing a Jewish radio station, a religious centre and a community organisation.
France remains on high alert after three extremists shot dead 17 people in attacks on the office of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and a kosher supermarket in Paris last month.
More than 10,000 soldiers have been deployed around the country to protect sensitive locations, including shopping areas, synagogues, mosques, community centres, airports and railway stations.
The mayor of Nice, Christian Estrosi, immediately condemned the attack and called on the government to keep the soldiers on the streets.