French Soldier Stabbed While on Security Patrol in Paris

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A French soldier stabbed in the neck yesterday while patrolling at a Metro-station mall in La Defense on the western edge of Paris remains hospitalized without life-threatening injuries.

Cedric Cordier, 25, spent the night at a military hospital in Clamart, southwest of Paris, where he will be under observation for 48 hours, according to an Interior Ministry official. The Paris criminal police are investigating the incident at the request of the antiterrorist prosecutor, the official said.