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Mayor of Paris Slightly Hurt by Knife Attack in Abdomen

Mayor of Paris Bertrand Delanoe was attacked and slightly wounded early Sunday at his city hall, where a lot of people were celebrating the first "White Night" festival,sources from the city hall said.


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Mayor of Paris Bertrand Delanoe was attacked and slightly wounded early Sunday at his city hall, where a lot of people were celebrating the first "White Night" festival,sources from the city hall said.

Delanoe suffered a knife cut in the right side of his abdomen, but remained conscious after the attack, reports here quoted the sources as saying.

An unidentified individual hit the mayor at between 02:00 to 02:35 a.m. (0000 to 0035 GMT) at the city hall.

Hundreds of visitors were at the city hall reception area to attend the festival, part of the 12-hour "White Night" fiesta dedicated to "creation, culture and pleasure" and inaugurated by Delanoe.

Delanoe, a 51-year-old socialist, became the first left-wing mayor of Paris in March 2001.


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