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Man fatally stabs police officer outside Brazilian embassy

Supreme Desk
19 Jun 2023 8:29 PM IST
Man fatally stabs police officer outside Brazilian embassy
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A ministry official said the attacker, 53, was mentally ill and the stabbing was not being treated as terrorism.

A man fatally stabbed a policeman on duty outside the Brazilian embassy in Tunis on Monday.

The Interior Ministry said the police shot the attacker in the leg and arrested him.

A ministry official said the attacker, 53, was mentally ill and the stabbing was not being treated as terrorism.

The policeman later died from his wounds, a spokesperson for the Interior Ministry said.

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