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 man wielding a skewer and knife went on the rampage in the French city of Lyon on Saturday, leaving a 19-year-old man dead and eight others injured, including three critically. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190901/one-dead-eight-injured-in-french-knife-rampage Sun, 01 Sep 2019 09:09:43 +0200 one-dead-eight-injured-in-french-knife-rampage 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 French police officer has been left in a state of clinical death after a naked psychiatric outpatient stabbed him through the eye, a prosecutor said on Friday. The officer was responding to calls about screams coming from the suspect's house. https://www.thelocal.fr/20131011/french-cop-stabbed-to-death-by-naked-attacker Fri, 11 Oct 2013 16:45:00 +0200 french-cop-stabbed-to-death-by-naked-attacker An everyday argument between neighbours over a noisy game of football in a housing estate in eastern France turned fatal when a man in his 40s stabbed an 18-year-old youth to death, it was reported on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130613/frenchman-kills-teen-over-noisy-game-of-football Thu, 13 Jun 2013 14:20:00 +0200 frenchman-kills-teen-over-noisy-game-of-football French prosecutors said on Wednesday that a 21-year-old suspect arrested earlier in the day has admitted to stabbing a French soldier in the neck on Saturday evening. Prosecutors said the suspect was a recent convert to Islam and was known to police. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130529/police-arrest-suspect-in-french-soldier-knife-attack Wed, 29 May 2013 10:05:00 +0200 police-arrest-suspect-in-french-soldier-knife-attack Fears increased on Monday that the stabbing of a French soldier in Paris was an attempted copycat attack, inspired by the murder of a British soldier in London. The latest reports claim the suspect was seen 'praying' before the knife attack. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130527/attacker-prayed-before-knifing-paris-soldier Mon, 27 May 2013 12:49:00 +0200 attacker-prayed-before-knifing-paris-soldier A rabbi and his son were attacked entering a synagogue in Paris on Monday by a man wielding a utility knife, reported to be an Iranian national. The assailant is said to have escaped from a psychiatric hospital near Lyon two weeks ago. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130423/escaped-mental-patient-attacks-rabbi-with-knife Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:41:00 +0200 escaped-mental-patient-attacks-rabbi-with-knife A 67-year-old woman has died after having her throat cut by a male attacker while she was out shopping for groceries. The suspect is still on the loose. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130129/attacker-slits-pensioners-throat-in-supermarket Tue, 29 Jan 2013 14:41:29 +0100 attacker-slits-pensioners-throat-in-supermarket A 21-year-old man was reportedly stabbed, tortured and raped before being dumped naked in a shopping trolley in the centre of a town in western France. The victim was rushed to hospital where he remains in a serious condition. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130124/brittany-crime-torture-rape-shopping-trolley Thu, 24 Jan 2013 10:14:00 +0100 brittany-crime-torture-rape-shopping-trolley A cook who stabbed three waitresses, killing one of them, has told police he did it because his colleagues were calling him names. https://www.thelocal.fr/20121022/chef-stabbed-three-colleagues-because-of-bullying Mon, 22 Oct 2012 12:54:00 +0200 chef-stabbed-three-colleagues-because-of-bullying