Romans-sur-Isère: France launches terror probe after knife attack
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France launches terror probe after knife attack

Police suspect, there may have been a terrorist motive behind the attack in Romans-sur-Isère. French police have launched a terrorism investigation after two people were killed and five wounded in a knife attack in south-east France. Town mayor Marie-Helene Thoraval told AFP news agency that after leaving the tobacconist, the suspect went to a butcher's shop where he grabbed another knife before attacking people queuing outside a bakery

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