An illegally staying North African migrant in Mons, Belgium, tried to smuggle drug parcels over the prison walls. ‘A humanitarian gesture during Ramadan for people who have to do without everything,’ he justifies himself

A man armed with a knife attacks police officers during a night-time check in Saint-Martin-Boulogne, France. An officer opens fire and injures him. The person has several criminal convictions and is said to have shouted ‘Allah Akbar’