Police officer injured by man attacking passers-by with knife

For a reason still undetermined, reveal the

, a man armed with a knife attacked passers-by late Saturday afternoon in Strasbourg.

The facts occurred on avenue de Colmar, at La Meinau.

According to our colleagues, the attacker first attacked a passerby who was about to get into the car, but the latter managed to protect himself.

Thank you to the brave policeman who, outside his service, arrested a very threatening individual in Strasbourg.

Thanks to his intervention, no victim is to be deplored.

– Gérald DARMANIN (@GDarmanin) January 14, 2023

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Then the individual then directed the bladed weapon towards a mother and her children, when a police officer, on rest, intervened.

During the arrest, the police officer was injured.

He suffers from a dislocated shoulder and a cut on his hand.

The individual was finally placed in police custody and the "courageous" act of the police officer praised by Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin.

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