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| A 22-year-old man has been arrested in connection with an attack at the weekend in which a French soldier was stabbed, the interior ministry has announced. | A 22-year-old man has been arrested in connection with an attack at the weekend in which a French soldier was stabbed, the interior ministry has announced. |
| The man was picked up in Verriere, west of Paris, after a three-day search by anti-terrorist police. | The man was picked up in Verriere, west of Paris, after a three-day search by anti-terrorist police. |
| One police source told AFP the suspect had been a follower of "conservative, even radical, Islam for the past three or four years", and had come across police radars before, although only for petty crimes. | One police source told AFP the suspect had been a follower of "conservative, even radical, Islam for the past three or four years", and had come across police radars before, although only for petty crimes. |
| Prosecutors are to give further details on the arrest later on Wednesday. | Prosecutors are to give further details on the arrest later on Wednesday. |
| The soldier, Cédric Cordiez, was slashed in the throat by an assailant who came from behind as he was on group patrol in the business district of La Défense, outside Paris, where train lines converge on a busy shopping mall. | |
| Saturday's stabbing came just three days after the Woolwich attack in London, though French law enforcement authorities have been urging caution about linking the two attacks. | Saturday's stabbing came just three days after the Woolwich attack in London, though French law enforcement authorities have been urging caution about linking the two attacks. |
| The interior minister, Manuel Valls, said there was no immediate confirmation of any link between the French suspect and the London attack, telling the iTele network: "We have to learn more about his motivations, his record, his background." But he added that there were indications that the man was linked to radical Islam. | |
| Three French paratroopers were killed last year by Mohammed Merah, described by police as a French-born radical Islamist, who then went on to attack a Jewish school and kill four more people before dying in a shootout with police. | |
| "Members of the military know they have to be on guard," Valls said. | |
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