A police official was killed on Friday, April 23 in the early afternoon, during a knife attack, said Matignon.

According to the first elements of the investigation, the administrative official was hit in the throat.

According to police sources, the alleged murderer, of Tunisian nationality, who was also injured, is dead.

The Prime Minister, Jean Castex, will go there, to the Rambouillet police station (Yvelines), with the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin.

A police officer was the victim of a knife attack at the Rambouillet police station, where I am going.

- Gérald DARMANIN (@GDarmanin) April 23, 2021

With AFP

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