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Woman yelling 'Allahu akbar' slashes two with blade in France

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AFP Marseille
Last Updated : Jun 17 2018 | 11:50 PM IST

Two people were hurt in a town in southern France today when a veiled woman shouting "Allahu akbar" (God is greatest) attacked them in a supermarket with a boxcutter knife, prosecutors said.

A customer was struck in the chest during the late-morning assault in La Seyne-sur-Mer, outside the Mediterranean port of Toulon, but the wound is not life-threatening, prosecutor Bernard Marchal told AFP.

A woman working at a checkout counter was also injured, though not as seriously. Both victims were taken to hospital.

"It appears to be an isolated case by a person with known psychological problems," Marchal said, "though that doesn't exclude the possibility that she may have been radicalised."

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First Published: Jun 17 2018 | 11:50 PM IST

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