https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A "known radical" suspected of carrying out a knife attack in France died from injuries sustained in a shootout with police Friday, hours badly wounding a female officer in another act of violence against police. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210528/french-police-officer-seriously-hurt-in-knife-attack Fri, 28 May 2021 14:19:01 +0200 french-police-officer-seriously-hurt-in-knife-attack A Moroccan man goes on trial in France on Monday accused of an attempted terror attack on an Amsterdam-Paris train five years ago which was foiled by passengers whose heroic actions were turned into a Hollywood film. https://www.thelocal.fr/20201114/trial-to-begin-over-paris-train-attack-that-inspired-movie Sat, 14 Nov 2020 10:14:37 +0100 trial-to-begin-over-paris-train-attack-that-inspired-movie The French government raised its nationwide terror alert to the highest level on Thursday after a knife attack at a church in the southern French city of Nice that left three dead and several people injured. https://www.thelocal.fr/20201029/breaking-one-dead-several-injured-in-france-knife-attack-nice Thu, 29 Oct 2020 10:46:42 +0100 breaking-one-dead-several-injured-in-france-knife-attack-nice A staffer at Paris police headquarters who stabbed four colleagues to death in a frenzied attack adhered to "a radical vision of Islam", an anti-terror prosecutor said Saturday, amid a gathering political storm over security safeguards. https://www.thelocal.fr/20191006/paris-attacker-adhered-to-radical-strain-of-islam Sun, 06 Oct 2019 11:38:53 +0200 paris-attacker-adhered-to-radical-strain-of-islam French detectives on Friday referred the investigation into a knife rampage by a staffer at Paris police headquarters that left four colleagues dead to anti-terrorist prosecutors, sources said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20191005/deadly-paris-police-stabbings-investigated-as-possible-terror-attack Sat, 05 Oct 2019 11:04:08 +0200 deadly-paris-police-stabbings-investigated-as-possible-terror-attack A suspected arson attack that burnt down a French kosher grocery store near Paris on Tuesday has revived anti-Semitism fears in France, three years to the day since a deadly assault on a Jewish supermarket by a jihadist gunman. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180109/kosher-store-near-paris-set-on-fire-on-anniversary-of-terror-attack Tue, 09 Jan 2018 14:09:02 +0100 kosher-store-near-paris-set-on-fire-on-anniversary-of-terror-attack Belgium on Tuesday charged two men over the 2015 attack on a high-speed train bound for Paris in which an Islamic State group extremist shot and seriously wounded a passenger before being overpowered. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171101/belgium-charges-two-over-2015-thalys-train-attack Wed, 01 Nov 2017 10:31:43 +0100 belgium-charges-two-over-2015-thalys-train-attack A suspected Islamist knifeman killed at least two people at the main train station in the French Mediterranean port city of Marseille on Sunday before being shot and killed by soldiers patrolling there, local officials and police said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171001/two-dead-in-marseille-station-knife-attack-french-official Sun, 01 Oct 2017 17:04:08 +0200 two-dead-in-marseille-station-knife-attack-french-official A female anti-terror soldier was attacked on Tuesday in the southern city of Lyon, but police said the assault was "not terror-related". https://www.thelocal.fr/20170823/france-anti-terror-soldier-attacked-while-on-duty Wed, 23 Aug 2017 17:06:33 +0200 france-anti-terror-soldier-attacked-while-on-duty An Algerian man who attacked a policeman with a hammer outside Notre Dame cathedral was a loner with a deep interest in Islamic State jihadist propaganda, the Paris prosecutor said on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170610/notre-dame-attacker-a-self-radicalised-novice-prosecutor Sat, 10 Jun 2017 20:09:42 +0200 notre-dame-attacker-a-self-radicalised-novice-prosecutor A band of unruly dogs has been attacking a small town in Brittany for over a year, killing dozens of farm animals and pushing the locals to take radical steps. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170327/french-town-terrorised-by-pack-of-cow-killing-dogs Mon, 27 Mar 2017 14:37:11 +0200 french-town-terrorised-by-pack-of-cow-killing-dogs Charlie Hebdo has marked the second anniversary of the jihadist massacre that almost wiped out its staff with a piece of typically defiant graveyard humour. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170103/charlie-hebdo-marks-massacre-anniversary-with-black-humour Tue, 03 Jan 2017 18:55:46 +0100 charlie-hebdo-marks-massacre-anniversary-with-black-humour A priest was killed after armed men took over a church in northern France, before they too were killed by police. Here is what we know. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160726/what-we-know-about-the-french-church-attack Tue, 26 Jul 2016 16:15:37 +0200 what-we-know-about-the-french-church-attack Once again everyone has been left asking "why has France been targeted in an apparent terror attack, once again?" It's a complex question. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160715/why-france-is-target-of-choice-for-jihadists Fri, 15 Jul 2016 17:51:47 +0200 why-france-is-target-of-choice-for-jihadists France was informed of a planned terror attack on its team at the Rio Olympics, according to the head of military intelligence cited in an official document. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160714/france-informed-of-planned-terror-attack-on-rio-olympics-team Thu, 14 Jul 2016 11:14:15 +0200 france-informed-of-planned-terror-attack-on-rio-olympics-team A Frenchman already serving prison time for glorifying terrorism has had his sentence extended after he reportedly threatened to attack a popular nudist colony in France because he didn't like the "naked arses". https://www.thelocal.fr/20160620/islam-convert-planned-attack-on-french-nudist-camp Mon, 20 Jun 2016 14:00:12 +0200 islam-convert-planned-attack-on-french-nudist-camp Three men have been arrested during an anti-terror operation in Brussels in connection with a foiled plot to attack France, Belgium's federal prosecutor said Friday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160325/breaking-explosion-heard-during-anti-terror-op-in-brussels Fri, 25 Mar 2016 19:08:39 +0100 breaking-explosion-heard-during-anti-terror-op-in-brussels UPDATED: Four suspected jihadists were arrested Wednesday in the Paris region, one of whom was thought to be planning "violent acts", said Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160316/four-terror-suspects-arrest-in-paris Wed, 16 Mar 2016 20:46:10 +0100 four-terror-suspects-arrest-in-paris A man armed with two knives was arrested trying to get through Eurostar security at Paris Gare du Nord, it has emerged. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160304/knife-wielder-tries-to-force-way-through-eurostar-security Fri, 04 Mar 2016 17:13:57 +0100 knife-wielder-tries-to-force-way-through-eurostar-security At around 11:30am on the morning of January 7th 2015 gunmen burst into the offices of Charlie Hebdo magazine and sent shockwaves around the world and changed France forever. Here's what happened in real time as The Local reported the attack on that fateful day. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160107/as-it-happened-charlie-hebdo-attack-blog Thu, 07 Jan 2016 10:07:43 +0100 as-it-happened-charlie-hebdo-attack-blog