PARIS - Seven people including two British tourists were wounded Sunday in Paris after they were attacked by a man armed with a knife and an iron bar, according to police and other sources. The attack took place in the 19th arrondissement of ParisA source close to the inquiry said the suspect, believed to be an Afghan national, has been arrested. The incident took place just after 11:00pm (2100 GMT) on the banks of a canal in the northeast of the capital. According to the same witness, the attacker then dived into an alleyway, where the man "tried to hide behind two British tourists. That attack came days after an Afghan asylum-seeker was arrested in town of Perigueux for a drunken rampage with a knife in which four people were wounded, one seriously.

Source: Bangkok Post September 10, 2018 00:45 UTC