Overview

• The attacker wounded five people, including one in critical condition, after stabbing a former roommate, the hotel manager and his son, then striking others on a busy street with a baton.
• Officials say he was armed with two knives and a baton; officers first used a taser before fatally shooting him when he refused to drop his weapons.
• An inquiry for attempted murder and attempted murder of police is open, and the IGPN has been tasked with reviewing the officers’ use of firearms.
• Authorities identified the suspect as a Tunisian national legally in France who had been expelled from his hotel for non-payment, with motives still under investigation and reports of religious shouts unconfirmed.
• In separate incidents, a Grenoble baker remains in life-threatening condition after a stabbing, and in Nice a 24-year-old victim is critical and a 23-year-old Algerian suspect was arrested by municipal police.