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A man flagged by French authorities as a suspected radical killed his mother and sister and seriously injured another woman in a knife attack Thursday, 23 August, that was quickly claimed by the Islamic State group.
Police shot and killed the man. His motives weren't immediately clear. Authorities didn't rule out a family dispute and prosecutors were not immediately treating the attack as a terrorism case.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to give such details publicly. The third victim, a passerby who was gravely injured in the attack, was also a woman, one of the officials said.
Police officials said the man was flagged in a government database of suspected religious and political extremists. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the investigation publicly.
(This copy will be updated with more details.)
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