Paris
Interior Minister Gerard Collomb, who went to Marseille to meet with local authorities and troops on the scene, said local police have video that shows a man attacking a woman and running away, then coming back and attacking a second woman.
The video shows the same man running toward soldiers who were rushing to Marseille Saint Charles train station. The soldiers fatally shot him and both of the women died of their injuries, Collomb said.
Some witnesses reported hearing the assailant shout “Allahu akbar,” Arabic for “God is great,” Collomb said. He said the attack might have been of a “terrorist” nature, but that authorities could not be sure until the investigation progressed.
The Paris prosecutor’s office, which oversees all terror cases in France, said it had opened a counterterrorism investigation of the Marseille attack. It did not provide further details, including a possible motive.
Police sources told The Associated Press that one of the victims was stabbed and one had her throat slit. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to speak publicly about the investigation.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau condemned the Saturday night stabbing of a police officer in Edmonton and resulting high-speed chase that injured four people as a “terrorist attack.”
“While the investigation continues, early reports indicate that this is another example of the hate that we must remain ever vigilant against,” the prime minister said in a statement Sunday.
The assault happened outside Canadian Football League game. A man driving a Chevrolet Malibu drove into a police officer, got out of the vehicle and began stabbing the officer before fleeing the scene, Edmonton Police Service Chief Rod Knecht said in a press conference early Sunday.
Later the driver, initially identified only as a male about 30 years old, was stopped at a checkpoint driving a U-Haul truck before taking off, leading to a high-speed chase in which four pedestrians were injured before police apprehended the suspect.
Republican Sen. Bob Corker said Sunday that he stands by his comments that Donald Trump hasn’t shown the stability or competency to succeed as president, and that Trump’s criticism of Republican congressional leaders is fueling resentment within the party.
Corker, a former Trump ally who announced last week that he won’t seek re-election in 2018, said on NBC’s Meet the Press that Trump has made positive changes in the White House with new chief of staff John Kelly, responded well to hurricanes that hit Texas and Florida
But Corker said he’s not backing off his critique of Trump after the president’s response to a violent white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va.
“The country needs for him to be — the world needs for him to be — successful,” Corker said, according to transcripts provided by NBC. “I’m seeing changes. But I made the comment. I stand by the comments I made at the time.
New York
Newhouse’s death was confirmed by his family, who said he died at his New York home. The chairman of Conde Nast since 1975, Si Newhouse, as he was known, bought and remade The New Yorker and Details magazines and revived Vanity Fair. Other magazines in the Conde Nast stable included Vogue, Wired, Glamour, W, GQ and Self. The glossy titles helped set the nation’s tastes, reached millions of aspirational readers and appealed to upscale advertisers.
“In all realms, he wanted Conde Nast — and its writers, artists and editors — to be at the center of the cultural conversation,” Bob Sauerberg, the company’s CEO, wrote to staff in announcing Newhouse’s death.
— Wire reports