ALBAWABA - Shocking footage showed a man attacking police officers with a knife on Monday in Toulouse, France and injuring two of them.
The clip was posted showing a man with a long beard surrounded by three police officers, two females and one male, trying to stop the attacker using pepper spray and a baton, while he was attacking them with a knife.
The policeman tackled him to the ground, and he was arrested. One of the police personnel was injured in the neck and required several stitches in the hospital, as reported by local media.
Toulouse Mayor Jean-Luc Moudenc announced on Monday in a statement that two police personnel were injured when a man with a bladed weapon in the Rue d’Austerlitz neighbourhood of the city attacked them.
The mayor added the attacker "made statements of a terrorist nature".
French media outlets reported that the man held three knives and he was pulling one after another.
"Statements of a terrorist nature were also reported. The two officers were taken to Rangueil University Hospital. The perpetrator was quickly arrested," Moudenc said.
CNews said the attacker was heard saying "Allahu Akbar" during the attack. However, authorities didn't confirm it.
