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 knife-wielding man attacked a soldier on patrol as part of an anti-terror operation in Paris on Friday but did not cause any injuries, police said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170915/breaking-knife-wielding-man-attacks-soldier-in-paris-no-injuries Fri, 15 Sep 2017 14:33:04 +0200 breaking-knife-wielding-man-attacks-soldier-in-paris-no-injuries A soldier in eastern France has been attacked by an Arabic-speaking man wielding a box cutter, reports say. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160425/french-soldier-sliced-by-man-with-box-cutter Mon, 25 Apr 2016 12:12:32 +0200 french-soldier-sliced-by-man-with-box-cutter French judicial authorities opened a probe late Friday after a teenager in the Central African Republic accused a French soldier of rape. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150905/france-probes-latest-rape-accusation-against-soldier-in-cafrica Sat, 05 Sep 2015 13:05:31 +0200 france-probes-latest-rape-accusation-against-soldier-in-cafrica Two French marines were arrested by intelligence agents this week as part of a probe into an anti-Semitic bomb attack near Paris last autumn. One of the soldiers is the brother of a suspected jihadist in Syria. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130620/french-marines-held-in-terrorist-attack-probe Thu, 20 Jun 2013 16:53:00 +0200 french-marines-held-in-terrorist-attack-probe French President François Hollande criticized a lack of information-sharing by intelligence services on Friday, after it emerged that a Muslim convert who stabbed a soldier in Paris was known to police, who didn't pass on their concerns. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130531/hollande-scolds-police-failure-in-knife-attack-on-soldier Fri, 31 May 2013 18:02:00 +0200 hollande-scolds-police-failure-in-knife-attack-on-soldier 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 French soldier has been stabbed while on patrol in Paris but President Francois Hollande said the attack could not "at this stage" be linked to the murder of a military man in London. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130526/french-soldier-stabbed-on-patrol-in-paris Sun, 26 May 2013 11:22:00 +0200 french-soldier-stabbed-on-patrol-in-paris President François Hollande commended the courage of the French forces fighting in Mali after it was announced that another soldier had been killed in the conflict. Six French soldiers have now died since the operation began in January. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130430/sixth-french-soldier-killed-in-mali-conflict Tue, 30 Apr 2013 09:42:40 +0200 sixth-french-soldier-killed-in-mali-conflict A body believed to be that of 27-year-old British soldier Simon Daw, who went missing in the French Alps in February, has been found by walkers, according to media reports in France on Friday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130426/body-found-in-hunt-for-brit-soldier-missing-in-alps Fri, 26 Apr 2013 14:40:00 +0200 body-found-in-hunt-for-brit-soldier-missing-in-alps