“The toll is a heavy one,” Brandet told reporters, his voice shaking with emotion. “This commander, this police officer was killed by the individual ... (and) we discovered the body of a woman. The attacker was also killed in the ensuing confrontation with police, while a 3-year-old boy was rescued by officers. PARIS—A senior French police officer and his female companion were killed following an attack Monday evening by a knife-wielding man in a distant suburb of Paris, officials said. He was saved by police officers.”French prosecutor Vincent Lesclous — who said he knew the slain police commander — told reporters that the boy was found “shocked but unharmed.”

Source: thestar June 13, 2016 22:58 UTC