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Pakistan: 8 Soldiers Killed in Militant Attack on Base

Policemen stand guard along a barricaded street near an army cantonment, a day after it was attacked by a militant suicide squad in Bannu on July 16, 2024. (Photo by Karim ULLAH / AFP)
Policemen stand guard along a barricaded street near an army cantonment, a day after it was attacked by a militant suicide squad in Bannu on July 16, 2024. (Photo by Karim ULLAH / AFP)
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Pakistan: 8 Soldiers Killed in Militant Attack on Base

Policemen stand guard along a barricaded street near an army cantonment, a day after it was attacked by a militant suicide squad in Bannu on July 16, 2024. (Photo by Karim ULLAH / AFP)
Policemen stand guard along a barricaded street near an army cantonment, a day after it was attacked by a militant suicide squad in Bannu on July 16, 2024. (Photo by Karim ULLAH / AFP)

Militants attacked a military base in northwestern Pakistan, killing eight security personnel, the military said on Tuesday, after a suicide bomber rammed a vehicle loaded with explosives into a perimeter wall.

In the ensuing operation, security forces killed all 10 assailants targeting the base in Bannu, on the border with the tribal area of North Waziristan, which is known as a hotbed of militancy, and is close to the Afghanistan border.

"This timely and effective response ... prevented major catastrophe, saving precious innocent lives," the military said in a statement.

Among the dead in Monday's attack were seven army men and one paramilitary soldier.

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Attacker Stabs and Wounds French Soldier Patrolling Paris Ahead of 2024 Olympics

A person takes a picture with the Olympic Games logo at the Bastille square in Paris, France, 15 July 2024. (EPA)
A person takes a picture with the Olympic Games logo at the Bastille square in Paris, France, 15 July 2024. (EPA)
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Attacker Stabs and Wounds French Soldier Patrolling Paris Ahead of 2024 Olympics

A person takes a picture with the Olympic Games logo at the Bastille square in Paris, France, 15 July 2024. (EPA)
A person takes a picture with the Olympic Games logo at the Bastille square in Paris, France, 15 July 2024. (EPA)

A French soldier was stabbed outside a big train station in Paris on Monday and the attacker was arrested, officials said, while the city is under a high security alert 11 days before the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympics.

The soldier was hospitalized with a shoulder blade injury, but was not in life-threatening condition, and the motive for the attack was under investigation, the Paris prosecutor's office said.

An investigation was opened into attempted murder, and the suspect's identity was being confirmed, the prosecutor's office said. Authorities did not suspect terrorism as a motive at this stage, according to the national counterterrorism prosecutor's office.

The soldier was among thousands of troops serving in the Sentinelle force for France’s domestic security, created to guard prominent French sites after a string of deadly extremist attacks in 2015. Soldiers in the Sentinelle force have been targeted in the past.

Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin posted on X that the soldier was patrolling at the Gare de l’Est train station in eastern Paris, and that the assailant was detained.

Paris is deploying around 30,000 police officers each day for the Olympics, which run from July 26 to Aug. 11, with a peak of 45,000 for the opening ceremony on the Seine river.

About 18,000 members of the military are also helping ensure security, including thousands housed in a huge, special camp erected on the edge of Paris.