Three soldiers on an anti-terror patrol in the southern French city of Nice have been stabbed by a knife-wielding man, a French police union official said Tuesday.
Sarah Baron, the union official in Nice, told The Associated Press the extent of the soldiers' injuries is not yet clear. But according to French television station BFM TV, one soldier was injured in the face and another in the arm – both believed not to be serious injuries, The Local reports.
Baron said the attacker was detained but two people with him are believed to have fled after the stabbing Tuesday in the city center. The soldiers were protecting a Jewish center.
France has been on high alert since the attacks in the Paris region by three Islamic extremists that left 20 people dead, including the gunmen. More than 10,000 soldiers have been deployed around the country to protect sensitive locations, including major shopping areas, synagogues, mosques and transit hubs.
The attacker reportedly had been fined for traveling on a tram without a ticket.
"He paid his fine without flinching and then rushed at the soldiers," French newspaper Nice Matin reported, according to The Local.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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