French charity official: stabbed by ‘African’ couple

French police opened an investigation after a director at the Restos du Coeur charity said he had been stabbed earlier in the day by a couple, the Paris prosecutor’s office said.
The director of the Restos du Coeur soup kitchen in Montreuil, east of Paris, said a man who appeared to be of African origin swung an axe at him and missed, before his female accomplice stabbed him with several blows to the stomach, according to a statement by the prosecutor.
The victim told investigators the assailants attacked him inside the charity’s premises. His injuries were not life threatening, the prosecutor said.
In a sign that French officials for now doubt terrorism as a motive, the investigation is being carried out by a regular prosecutor’s office and criminal police rather than dedicated anti-terrorism units.
France has been beset by several high profile attacks claimed by radicals over the 18 months. In June, a Frenchman who pledged allegiance to Daesh stabbed a police commander to death outside his home and also killed his partner.
The country has been under a state of emergency since Daesh gunmen and bombers killed 130 people in Paris last November.

Source: Arab News