French Prosecutors Open Terror Probe in Official’s Killing

French Prosecutors Open Terror Probe in Official’s Killing
Police officer blocks the access next to the Police station in Rambouillet, south west of Paris, on April 23, 2021. Michel Euler/AP Photo
The Associated Press
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RAMBOUILLET, France—French prosecutors opened a terrorism investigation into the fatal stabbing Friday of a French police official inside a police station near the historic Rambouillet chateau outside Paris. Police shot and killed the attacker at the scene, authorities said.

Anti-terrorism prosecutor Jean-Francois Ricard told reporters that his office took over the probe because the attacker had staked out the station, because of statements he made during the attack, and because he targeted a police official.