A knife-wielding attacker was shot by police in south west France after wounding a woman in the shoulder, reports Metro.
The assailant, who has not been named but is believed to be 32 and from the French overseas territory of Reunion Island, struck in the town of Montauban, north of Toulouse.
The attack occurred in the same location where an al-Qaeda operative killed two Muslim French soldiers five years ago, although authorities are yet to confirm if today’s incident is terror-related.
The incident happened shortly after midday when the suspect was seen driving erratically in a VW Golf registered locally.
Police followed, and then witnessed the driver jumping out of the car and stabbing a woman in the shoulder.
He then ran towards a couple, and tried to wound them too, but was then shot by the police who described him as being ‘neutralised’.
‘The suspect was rushed to hospital, and will be interviewed at length,’ said a local police source.
‘It may be that he was drunk at the time of the attack. He is injured, but his wounds are not life threatening’.
The source said that the woman who was wounded in the shoulder was also in hospital, and in a stable condition.