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WORLD NEWS Monday 2 SepteMber 2019
French prosecutor: Knife attack suspect in ‘psychotic state’

By ANGELA CHARLTON “Their courageous, respon- Two of the eight people
Associated Press sible intervention was deci- injured remained hospital-
PARIS (AP) — An Afghan sive,” Jacquet told report- ized. French police initially
man was in a “psychotic ers. said nine people had inju-
state” and on drugs dur- A witness broadcaster ries but the prosecutor said
ing a stabbing in France BFMTV identified as Sofiane the total was eight. The
that killed one person and described trying to help reason for the discrepancy
injured eight others, but in- people who were stabbed was unclear.
vestigators haven’t found and rounding up others to Villeurbanne Mayor Jean-
any terrorist ties, a regional go after the attacker. Paul Bret said the man held
prosecutor said Sunday. The man from Afghanistan is the only person suspect-
A psychiatric evaluation of in custody has been liv- ed of wielding the knife.
the man in custody for Sat- ing in a French center for The mayor also called anti-
urday’s attack revealed he asylum-seekers, and held a migrant politicians “shame-
was experiencing “para- temporary French residen- less” for seizing on the stab-
noid delirium,” prosecutor cy card, Jacquet said. The Reporters work near a subway station after an assailant stabbed bings to push their views.
Nicolas Jacquet said. suspect was first recorded one person to death and injured nine others, Saturday Aug.31, French far right leader Ma-
The suspect reported he in France in 2009, and sub- 2019 just outside a subway station in Villeurbanne, outside Lyon, rine Le Pen tweeted after
“heard voices” telling him sequently traveled to Brit- central France. the attack that “lax mi-
to kill, according to Jac- ain, Italy, Germany and Associated Press gration policy” threatens
quet. A 19-year-old man Norway before returning to Officers searched the sus- The suspect had no police France’s security.
died after being stabbed France in 2017. pect’s residence as part record or record of psychi- The attack raised concerns
with a knife in the attack After the stabbings, the sus- of the investigation, and atric problems, the pros- because France remains
outside a subway station in pect gave “incoherent” “nothing was found show- ecutor said. He was found on alert after a string of
the Lyon suburb of Villeur- accounts and three differ- ing any kind of radicaliza- with two knives but no oth- deadly Islamic extremist
banne. ent dates of birth to police, tion,” he said. er weapons. attacks.q
Passers-by surrounded and Jacquet said. The man was
apprehended the assailant not publicly named.
before police arrived, ac- The suspect was not on any
cording to the prosecutor. radicalism watch list, Jac-
He thanked them. quet said.

Ukraine, Poland want
continued sanctions on Russia

Poland’s President Andrzej Duda,left, welcomes Ukraine’s Presi-
dent Volodymyr Zelenskiy before talks on bilateral relations and
Ukraine’s ties with Europe under the new government, in front
of the Presidential Place in Warsaw, Poland, Saturday, Aug. 31,
2019.
Associated Press
Associated Press Zelenskiy said they have
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — agreed on steps that should
Ukrainian President Volody- be taken to put an end to
myr Zelenskiy said Saturday the war in eastern Ukraine
he and Poland’s president and return the Crimean
have agreed that sanc- Peninsula to Ukraine.
tions ought to continue Duda said he had assured
against Russia until Ukraine Zelenskiy of his support as
regains the territory it lost in regards “Ukraine’s sover-
Moscow’s 2014 annexation eignty, independence and
of Crimea. territorial integrity.” The
Accompanied by some conflict in eastern Ukraine is
members of his new Cabi- pitching government forc-
net, Zelenskiy is in Poland es against Russia-backed
for political talks and also separatists.
to attend ceremonies Sun- Duda said that Crimea as
day marking 80 years since well as regions in eastern
the start of World War II. Ukraine “must be brought
Following talks with Polish back under Ukraine’s full
President Andrzej Duda, control.”q