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French security forces shot dead a man who threatened bystanders with a large knife in the southern French city, in the second such attack in the country in a matter of hours.
About an hour earlier, an attack on a church in the city of Nice (southeast) left 3 dead and others injured. Sources said the perpetrator was singing “God is great.”
Preferences at that time went to the fact that what happened in Avignon was related to the Nice accident, but “Le Monde” revealed otherwise.
The famous French newspaper said: “The man who was killed by the police and who was threatening passersby belongs to the far right and planned to attack Muslims.”
He claimed that “the man belonged to the far-right group” Génération Identitaire “(Preservation of identity) and threatened to attack a merchant of Maghreb origin”.
He pointed out that “the dead man was 33 years old and suffered from mental disorders.”
For its part, the French website “C News” quoted the prosecution saying: “We changed the course of the investigation and deviated from the assumption of Islam”, noting that “the man was subjected to psychological monitoring and had previously made inconsistent comments. “.
