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Suspect in Louvre attack quizzed for 1st time: judicial source

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French investigators today began questioning a suspect in the attack on troops outside the Louvre Museum in Paris, but the man has so far refused to speak, a judicial source said.

The suspect, believed to be an Egyptian national, was shot in the stomach and seriously wounded after lunging at soldiers with a machete during Friday's incident.

Investigators decided to question him in hospital after his condition improved, the source said.

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First Published: Feb 05 2017 | 6:02 PM IST

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