A gendarme in the French department of Moselle in the north-east of the country opened fire on a man armed with a knife who attacked him, the newspaper Figaro reported on Monday.
“According to the prosecutor’s office, the gendarme shot an armed man with a knife. The motives of the assailant are currently unknown”, – reports the newspaper.
It is noted that the incident took place around 3.30 p.m. local time in the commune of Dieuze , whose population is three thousand people.
The gendarme first used a tear projectile against the attacker, and then fired twice at him. The man was wounded in the abdominal region and was hospitalized.