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Attacker stabs and wounds French soldier patrolling Paris ahead of the Olympics

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PARIS (AP) — Officials in France say a French soldier has been stabbed outside a big train station in Paris, and the attacker has been arrested. Paris is under a high security alert 11 days before the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympics. A French military official says that the soldier is hospitalized but is not in life-threatening condition and that the reason for the attack Monday is being investigated. The soldier was among thousands of troops serving in the Sentinelle force for France’s domestic security.

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