French counterterrorism inquiry launched into prison attack
Posted January 11, 2018 6:00 am
PARIS (AP) - French prosecutors say they have opened a counterterrorism investigation into attempted murder after an attack at a high-security prison in northern France.
The Paris prosecutor's office can't confirm details of the Thursday afternoon attack at the Vendin le Vieil prison that French media say was launched by a knife-wielding inmate against several people.
French media say no one has been killed and no one is in a life-threatening condition.
The prosecutor's office said its investigation was launched by its anti-terrorism branch Thursday and centered on the attempted murder of civil servants.
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