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Fifth person detained after fatal stabbing at French police station

Anti-terrorism prosecutor Jean-François Ricard said police are questioning a cousin of the suspect after the murder of a policewoman at Rambouillet; the suspect's father, a couple who had provided him with an address for mail and other administration, and another cousin are also being questioned.

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French authorities detained a fifth person Sunday in an anti-terrorism investigation seeking to identify potential accomplices and motives after a police official was fatally stabbed at a police station outside Paris., reports Yahoo! News.

French police killed the 37-year-old Tunisian attacker shortly after he stabbed the unarmed administrative employee on Friday at the entrance of her police station in the town of Rambouillet.

In a news conference on Sunday, anti-terrorism prosecutor Jean-François Ricard said police are questioning a cousin of the suspect.

The suspect's father, a couple who had provided him with an address for mail and other administration, and another cousin were also being questioned, Ricard said.

The victim, a National Police employee, had left the station to extend her time on a parking meter and was followed into the entry area and stabbed by the attacker. He was then shot to death by a police officer.

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