Off-Duty Police Officer Stabbed In Paris, Investigation Opened: Interior Minister

French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said in a Twitter post that an investigation had been opened and everything was being done to find the perpetrator.

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An off-duty police officer was stabbed and seriously wounded in Paris. (Representational)
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An off-duty police officer was stabbed and seriously wounded in Paris on Sunday, French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said.

Darmanin said in a Twitter post that an investigation had been opened and everything was being done to find the perpetrator. He did not give a motive for the stabbing.

Quoting a police source, BFM TV said the police officer was stabbed after an altercation with four or five people in a shopping mall.

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