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| Woman and girls stabbed by man at French Alps resort | |
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| French authorities have detained a Moroccan man after he stabbed a woman and her three daughters, briefly sparking some panic in a nation reeling from its third major attack in 18 months. | |
| The motives for the attack were not immediately clear. | |
| The woman, 46, and her girls, aged eight, 12 and 14, were staying at a holiday village near the town of Laragne-Montéglin, in the Hautes-Alpes region. The suspect, 37, from the Paris region, was staying with his wife and children at the same resort. | The woman, 46, and her girls, aged eight, 12 and 14, were staying at a holiday village near the town of Laragne-Montéglin, in the Hautes-Alpes region. The suspect, 37, from the Paris region, was staying with his wife and children at the same resort. |
| Jean-Marc Duprat, a deputy mayor for the nearby town, initially said the attacker was upset with his victims because they were wearing shorts and T-shirts. He later said that did not appear to be the case and that the attacker’s motive was not known. | |
| Raphaël Balland, a public prosecutor, said the motive for the attack was “very hazy”. | |
| Balland said the idea that the assailant could have been upset over what his victims were wearing was merely a “rumour” and that he had “not uttered any words reproaching them for their dress at the moment of the attack.” | |
| A police source told the Nouvel Obs: “No words of a religious connotation were uttered.” | |
| Local newspapers reported that the youngest girl was helicoptered to hospital in Grenoble as an emergency case but her condition was later said not to be life threatening. | Local newspapers reported that the youngest girl was helicoptered to hospital in Grenoble as an emergency case but her condition was later said not to be life threatening. |
| The attacker was apparently known to police for a domestic issue dating back 17 years, but was not on any security list and was not known to intelligence services. | The attacker was apparently known to police for a domestic issue dating back 17 years, but was not on any security list and was not known to intelligence services. |