'As Predicted' - FRENCH SOLDIER STABBED IN THROAT by a bearded man of North African origin outside Paris.

'As Predicted' - FRENCH SOLDIER STABBED IN THROAT by a bearded man of North African origin outside Paris.(Reuters).

A French soldier patrolling a business neighbourhood west of Paris was stabbed in the neck on Saturday by a man who quickly fled the scene and is being sought by police, President Francois Hollande said.

The soldier was patrolling in uniform with two other men as part of France's Vigipirate anti-terrorist surveillance plan when he was approached from behind around 1800 p.m. and stabbed in the neck with a knife or a box-cutter.

Hollande, in the Ethiopian city of Addis Ababa, commented on the stabbing to say that the man was still on the run and police were exploring all leads.

"We still don't know the exact circumstances of the attack or the identity of the attacker, but we are exploring all options," Hollande told journalists.

Pierre-Andre Peyvel, police prefect for the Hauts-de-Seine area, said the soldier had lost a considerable amount of blood but would survive, and was being treated in a nearby military hospital.
"The wound appears to be quite serious, but it's not life-threatening," he told iTele news television.

Peyvel said the man was able to flee into a crowded shopping area in the La Defence business neighbourhood before the two other soldiers, who were walking in front of him, were able to react.

French daily Le Parisien cited a police source as saying the suspected attacker was a bearded man of North African origin about 30 years old, and was wearing an Arab-style garment under his jacket.Read the full story here.More Updated news here.

Hmmmm......May 24 Th - MFS : As i said earlier in a comment today: "This is just the beginning expect similar ' attacks' in Paris , Brussels and all the main European capitals. When we warned about the potential danger we were called 'Islamophobes , racists , Crusaders'...... But who's doing the killing?"