A French soldier on patrol in Paris has been stabbed in the throat by a man believed to be of North-African origin.
The soldier was injured during the attack but will survive, said a military spokesman.
French daily Le Parisien cited police sources as saying the suspected attacker was a bearded man, about 30-years-old and was wearing an Arab-style garment under his jacket.
He fled the scene and is being sought by police.
The soldier was patrolling the business area of La Defense as part of France's Vigipirate anti-terrorist surveillance plan.
The stabbing comes just days after a British soldier was hacked to death on a London street in broad daylight in a suspected terrorist attack that has raised fears of potential copycat strikes.
However, there was no immediate confirmation of any link to the France attack.
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