Man killed after stabbing, shooting 3 French police officers

Man killed after stabbing, shooting 3 French police officers
Members of the National Gendarmerie Intervention Group (GIGN) are seen after a municipal policewoman was attacked with a knife in La Chapelle-sur-Erdre, near Nantes, western France, on May 28, 2021. Loic Venance/AFP via Getty Images
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PARIS—An unidentified assailant stabbed a police officer at her station Friday in western France then shot two other officers before being killed in a shootout with police, authorities said. The motive for the violence is unclear.

The slain suspect’s identity is being verified, France’s national gendarme service told The Associated Press.