In Romans-sur-Isère in the Drôme, a knife attack left two dead and five injured on Saturday. A man posing as a 33-year-old Sudanese refugee was arrested by the police. At the microphone of Europe 1, the mayor Marie-Hélène Thoraval expresses his sadness and protests against the lack of information on the refugees entrusted to the associations of his city.

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A knife attack left two dead and five injured on Saturday morning in Romans-sur-Isère, in Drôme. A man posing as a 33-year-old Sudanese refugee was arrested by the police, without resistance, minutes after the incident. At the microphone of Europe 1, Marie-Hélène Thoraval, mayor of the city, says she is "bruised", pointing to the action "of a single man who has launched into murderous madness".

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According to the testimony of Marie-Hélène Thoraval, the victims are "traders, passers-by, customers". The man went to several businesses, stabbing at random. "We didn't deserve this," she said.

"Refugees who are housed in our cities"

The mayor of Romans-sur-Isère also protests against the lack of information "on the people who live in our city". "I said to the minister [...] these are refugees who are housed in our cities without us knowing the origin or the situation of these people since they are associations that deal with them."

The national anti-terrorist prosecutor's office took up the investigation into this attack on Saturday evening. Emmanuel Macron, meanwhile, promised "all the light on this heinous act".