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A The police chief was stabbed to death in the town of Rodez, in the south of France, during an attack in broad daylight.
Pascal Filoe, head of security at the town hall of Rodez and father of three children, was killed near the building of the town hall in the city center.
The unidentified suspect, who was arrested and placed in police custody, was known to the police for damaging a patio door at the town hall in April.
Cédric Michel, head of the municipal police defense union, said the suspect "had settled in the Aveyron region in recent months and was known to the police for his possession of a category 1 dog ( attack). It is thought that the animal was recently confiscated. This would have led to threatening the mayor and the chief of police.
Mr. Filoe died shortly after his injuries at the hospital shortly after the incident.
The attack took place Thursday morning in a street next to the town hall.
Officials said that emergency psychological counseling would be made available to personnel shocked by stabbings.
According to a witness, after the attack, the suspect was sued by a municipal employee and hid in a nearby shop before being arrested.
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