‘WE WILL NOT SURRENDER’ MACRON TWEETS AFTER STABBING ATTACK ON POLICEWOMAN

Fri 23 April 2021:

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday that France will not surrendered in a fight against terrorism when commenting on a stabbing attack on policewoman near Paris.

The police officer was stabbed dead near the police station in the Rambouillet commune.

The stabbing took place in the secure entrance to the police station on Friday afternoon as the worker was returning from her break at 14:20 (12:20 GMT).

The attacker, a man of Tunisian origin, was detained by law enforcement officers, who shot him on the spot, and later succumbed to his injuries.

Witnesses said the man had been seen walking around while on his mobile phone outside the police station and he seized his chance to go in as the woman went through the security doors.

Officials said the man was residing in France on legitimate papers and was not previously known to security agencies.

“She was a police officer. Stephanie was killed at her police station in Rambouillet. In the land of Yvelines [department], which has already experienced similar killings. The nation stands with her family, colleagues and law enforcement agencies. In the fight against Islamic terrorism, we will not surrender,” Macron tweeted.

Anti-Terror Office To Lead Probe

The French national counterterrorism prosecutor’s office will lead an investigation into Friday’s deadly stabbing of a policewoman not far from Paris, the BFM tv broadcaster reported.

The 49-year-old police officer was stabbed dead near a police station in the Rambouillet commune not far from Paris at around 2:30 p.

m. (12:30 GMT). The attacker, a 36-year-old man of Tunisian origin, was detained by law enforcement officers, who shot him on the spot, and later succumbed to his injuries.

French Prime Minister Jean Castex and Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin have arrived at the crime scene.