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Soldier wounded in knife assault in Paris

Paris, July 16 (UNI) A French soldier was attacked with a knife while patrolling Monday night at Paris' Gare de l'Est (East Train Station), French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin confirmed on his X account.
"A soldier from Operation Sentinelle was the victim of a stab wound while he was patrolling the Gare de l'Est station in Paris," Darmanin wrote.
The soldier is not in life-threatening condition, and the perpetrator was arrested immediately, he added.
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