France: Eyewitnesses describe scene of deadly knife attack in Romans-sur-Isere

W/S Police at knife attack scene, Romans-sur-Isere
M/S Armed police officer wearing face mask
W/S Police outside attack scene
W/S Police vehicles driving up road
W/S French Interior Minister Christophe Castaner talking with police
W/S Police vehicle arriving at scene
W/S Forensic team arriving at scene
SOT, Eyewitness (French): "I heard shouting. Screams, so I rush outside running."
M/S Bus stop
SOT, Eyewitness (French): "There was this individual who was standing, the police quickly arrested him him, put on the handcuffs, put him on the ground."
M/S Forensic team at crime scene
SOT, Eyewitness (French): "They tried to put a mask on him due to coronavirus disease and he wouldn't let them."
M/S Police officer behind tape
SOT, Eyewitness (French): "Anyway at one point he was on his knees, handcuffed in his back, face on the ground, hood overhead and the policeman was holding his foot on the hood."
W/S Police officer behind tape
SOT, Eyewitness (French): "And they applied first aid to him and everything, but frankly for an act like that, they treated him, it surprises me. But for a quiet town like Romans, having an event that serious down your apartment building is still shocking."
W/S Police at crime scene
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Eyewitnesses described the scene of the deadly knife attack in Romans-sur-Isere, south-eastern France, which left two people dead, and seven more injured on Saturday.
One man described rushing out to the street after hearing shouts and screams, where he saw "this individual who was standing, the police quickly arrested him him, put on the handcuffs, put him on the ground."
"They tried to put a mask on him due to coronavirus disease and he wouldn't let them," he added.
Another local commented that "for a quiet town like Romans, having an event that serious down your apartment building is still shocking."
The attacker reportedly struck in multiple locations in the city centre, striking people with no clear motive in the street, at a tobacconist, at a butcher's shop, and inside a supermarket, before being apprehended by the police outside a bakery.
French Interior Minister Christophe Castaner was also present at the crime scene, where he discussed the incident with police.
Investigations are underway, with the motive for the attack not yet clear according to the police.