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Man carrying pump-action shotguns arrested in Cannes market

The man, carrying two shotguns and a knife, was detained just days after separate incidents of random street attacks in Nantes and Dijon.

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A gunman armed with two shotguns and a knife has been arrested in Cannes an hour after plans were made for 300 soldiers to be deployed onto streets in France to combat 'copy-cat' incidents after three attacks in three days left one person dead and around 30 wounded, reports The Independent.

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