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Firefighters evacuate the wounded, after a parcel bomb exploded in a pedestrian street in the centre of Lyon. The latest assessment provided by the prefecture indicates "eight minor injuries". The area was evacuated and sealed off by police. IMAGES
Police have cordoned off the area where a suspected knife attack in northern England left at least eight people injured, including children, emergency services have said. IMAGES
France's Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne accuses Marine Le Pen and her far-righ party National Rally of "fuelling polemics" after Saturday's fatal knife attack in Paris, which has put the executive under pressure in the face of the jihadist threat. SOUNDBITE
In the wake of Saturday's fatal knife attack in Paris, French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin has come out in favour of "psychiatric care orders that could be granted to police prefects" for "a those involved in radical Islam and who suffer from mental illness. A German tourist was fatally stabbed cloes to the Eiffel tower on Saturday and two other people wounded in the attack. The attacker was a Frenchman in his mid-20s born to a non-religious Iranian family but who had already done prison time for planning an attack and was known to the authorities as an Islamist radical with mental issues. SOUNDBITE
"The issue isn't pyschiatry, the issue is radical Islam" says Jordan Bardella, the President of France's far-right party National Rally at a presser two days after a knife attack in Paris left one person dead and two injured. SOUNDBITE
Supporters of Zambian President Lungu hold a rally in Lusaka during a tense presidential race, which has been marked by clashes between rival supporters. The presidential election will take place on Thursday. IMAGES.
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