Event

2013 La Défense attack

25 May 2013 · 48.89° N, 2.24° E

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When
25 May 2013
Kind
Event
Coordinates
48.89° N, 2.24° E

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Summary

A French soldier is wounded by an unknown assailant while on duty in La Défense. The attack is being treated as a terrorist incident and is seen as a possible copycat attack to that of Lee Rigby, who was murdered in Woolwich four days previously.

2013 La Défense attack

Stabbing of a French soldier

On the afternoon of 25 May 2013, French soldier Cédric Cordier was attacked and stabbed in the Paris suburb of La Défense by a man who was later ruled by a court not to be criminally responsible for psychiatric reasons.

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