French authorities: Attacker with knife injures soldier patrolling Paris airport
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}French authorities say a soldier patrolling Paris' Orly Airport has been injured by a man wielding a knife.
A joint statement by Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian and Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said the soldier, a sergeant in France's anti-terror Vigipirate mission, was slightly injured in the attack on Friday afternoon inside the airport south of Paris. The attacker got away.
The statement said a search was launched for the attacker and an investigation opened by judicial police. Police were not immediately available for comment.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}France has bolstered security at airports and other sensitive sites, patrolled by military teams.