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After knife attack leaves 3 children injured, violent clashes break out in Dublin

By Pan Pylas, Associated Press

Violent clashes have broken out in central Dublin after a 5-year-old girl was seriously injured in a knife attack that also saw a woman and two other young children hospitalized.

Police don’t suspect terrorism after a 5-year-old girl was injured in a knife attack in Dublin

By Associated Press

A woman and two other children have been injured. Irish police said they weren't treating Thursday's violence as terror-related.

Children stabbed in France no longer in life-threatening condition, suspect charged

By Nicolas Vaux-Montagny, Angela Charlton, Associated Press

Four young children stabbed in a playground in the French Alps are no longer in life-threatening condition but remain hospitalized, the regional prosecutor said Saturday, as the suspected attacker was handed preliminary charges of attempted murder.

4 young children critically injured, 2 adults wounded in knife attack in French Alps

By John Leicester, Associated Press

Lead prosecutor Line Bonnet-Mathis said all four children suffered life-threatening knife wounds.

Suspect in Idaho university killings plans to waive extradition hearing

By Rebecca Boone, Marc Levy, Mike Balsamo, Associated Press

A suspect arrested in connection with the slayings of four University of Idaho students plans to waive an extradition hearing so he can be quickly brought to Idaho to face murder charges, his defense attorney said Saturday.

Knife used in deadly attack on Idaho students, police say

By Rebecca Boone, Associated Press

The Moscow Police Department said in a news release Tuesday that investigators were trying to establish a timeline to recreate the victims’ activities on Saturday night and early Sunday morning, following all leads and identifying persons of interest.

France goes on maximum alert after attack at church kills 3

By Lori Hinnant, Associated Press

An attacker armed with a knife killed three people at a church Thursday in the Mediterranean city of Nice, French authorities said, prompting the prime minister to announce that France was raising its security alert status to the highest level.

Knifeman in southern France kills 2 in attack on passersby

By Thomas Adamson, Associated Press

A man wielding a knife attacked residents venturing out to shop in a town under lockdown south of the French city of Lyon Saturday, killing two people and wounding others, prosecutors said.

Paris police employee kills 4 officers in knife attack

By Sylvie Corbet, Lori Hinnant, Associated Press

The alleged attacker's prior work in the intelligence unit had not posed known problems until Thursday, says a police union official.

Paris attacker born in Chechnya, was on radicalism database

By Angela Charlton, Associated Press

Counterterrorism investigators are working to determine whether the man who stabbed five people in a busy neighborhood in the heart of the French capital Saturday night had any help.