For some undetermined reason, reveals News 17, a man armed with a knife attacked passersby late Saturday afternoon in Strasbourg. The facts of this attack, confirmed at 20 minutes by the judicial police, occurred on avenue de Colmar, at La Meinau. According to our colleagues, the attacker first attacked a passerby who was about to get into the car, but the latter managed to protect himself.
Then the individual then directed the bladed weapon towards a mother and her children, when a police officer, on rest, intervened. During the arrest, the police officer was injured. He suffers from a dislocated shoulder and a cut on his hand. The individual was finally placed in police custody and the “courageous” act of the police officer praised by Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin. An investigation is opened.