Fire trucks near the place where a man stabbed passers-by on January 3, 2020 in Villejuif. - CHRISTOPHE ARCHAMBAULT / AFP

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  • A man attacked several people with a knife this Friday in Villejuif (Val-de-Marne). One of the victims died and two others were injured, including one seriously.
  • According to the first elements, the attack took place around 2 p.m. in the Hautes-Bruyères park in this city located south of Paris.
  • The assailant, whose motives are not known at this stage, was fatally shot by police from the Anti-Crime Brigade (BAC) in the neighboring commune of Haÿ-les-Roses.

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Villejuif: Man stabs passers-by in a park, one dead and one seriously injured

4:14 p.m .: What we know

One person was killed and two were injured, including one seriously, Friday in a knife attack perpetrated in Villejuif (Val-de-Marne) by a man who was then shot dead by the police, we learned from concordant sources. According to the first elements, the attack took place around 2 p.m. in the Hautes-Bruyères park in this city located south of Paris.

One of the victims died, we learned from a source close to the file. Two other people were injured, including one seriously, according to concordant sources. The assailant, whose motives are not known at this stage, was fatally shot by police from the Anti-Crime Brigade (BAC) in the neighboring commune of Haÿ-les-Roses, said these sources.

4:10 pm: Hello and welcome to this live

We will follow together the situation in Villejuif after the knife attack in the Hautes-Bruyères park.

  • Knife
  • Stab
  • Val de Marne
  • Villejuif
  • Society