France: A statue of the Virgin Mary was beheaded and a fire set in the Sainte-Thérèse church in Poitiers. The building had already been the target of an attack two years ago

Paris: The dismembered body of a paraplegic man killed with bare hands is discovered in a suitcase under the Austerlitz bridge. An investigation is launched into why a ‘Koran opened to the first page’ was found