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Suspect in Fatal Stabbing in France Not Linked to Terrorism
Source: Associated Press
Suspect in Fatal Stabbing in France Not Linked to Terrorism
By SYLVIE CORBET AND ELAINE GANLEY, ASSOCIATED PRESS PARIS — Nov 25, 2016, 11:31 AM ET
A manhunt was on Friday in southern France for a masked intruder — identified as a former member of the French military with no apparent links to Islamist extremism — suspected of killing a woman at a retirement home for Catholic missionaries.
The suspect in the Thursday night stabbing death is believed to be someone "in the entourage of this retirement home," Montpellier prosecutor Christophe Barret said at a news conference.
Some 130 police officers were searching for the suspect, whom Jean-Philippe Lecouffe, chief of the gendarmerie in the region, said was considered "very dangerous".
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Barret said the suspect was identified with the help of an air gun and other elements he would not detail in a car near the residence.
A gendarmerie official close to the investigation said military decorations were among the elements found in the car and that the vehicle was traced to a former member of the military. He asked to remain anonymous to discuss progress in the case.
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By SYLVIE CORBET AND ELAINE GANLEY, ASSOCIATED PRESS PARIS — Nov 25, 2016, 11:31 AM ET
A manhunt was on Friday in southern France for a masked intruder — identified as a former member of the French military with no apparent links to Islamist extremism — suspected of killing a woman at a retirement home for Catholic missionaries.
The suspect in the Thursday night stabbing death is believed to be someone "in the entourage of this retirement home," Montpellier prosecutor Christophe Barret said at a news conference.
Some 130 police officers were searching for the suspect, whom Jean-Philippe Lecouffe, chief of the gendarmerie in the region, said was considered "very dangerous".
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Barret said the suspect was identified with the help of an air gun and other elements he would not detail in a car near the residence.
A gendarmerie official close to the investigation said military decorations were among the elements found in the car and that the vehicle was traced to a former member of the military. He asked to remain anonymous to discuss progress in the case.
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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/french-police-hunt-masked-attacker-fatally-stabbed-woman-43770866
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