A reception center for asylum seekers -

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An official of a refugee reception center (Cada) in Pau was killed with a knife this Friday morning by a Sudanese, we learned on Friday.

Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on Twitter that he would be going there at the end of the afternoon "to meet the staff of the association as well as elected officials" following this "dramatic attack.

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Gérald Darmanin announces that he will be going to Pau on Friday late afternoon - Gérald Darmanin twitter account

The victim is said to be the head of the Asylum service in Cada.

The emergency services and the police intervened quickly, and the alleged perpetrator was reportedly apprehended.

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