PARIS — They only went out to play a calm game of petanque and enjoy some late summer warmth by a Parisian canal. By the end of the evening, the three friends had neutralized a knife-wielding attacker who had stabbed seven people, with an unlikely weapon: the game’s clanking — and hefty — metal balls. Some 30 were thrown at the attacker as he was trying to stab people with a 40-centimeter (15-inch) kitchen knife. “But some young girls and young boys ran toward us, telling us ‘careful, careful, he has a knife,'” Hamani told The Associated Press. “Then I fell with him and knocked him out.”The Parisian petanque players were lauded for their bravery as French authorities opened an investigation into the attack.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer September 11, 2018 00:11 UTC