Country France Department Yvelines Intercommunality Mantes en Yvelines Area 4.26 km² Arrondissement Mantes-la-Jolie | Region Île-de-France Canton Mantes-la-Ville Population (2006) 5,586 Local time Saturday 1:51 AM | |
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Weather 7°C, Wind SW at 21 km/h, 81% Humidity | ||
Magnanville is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.
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Map of 78200 Magnanville, France
2016 attack
On 13 June 2016, Magnanville was the site of a terrorist attack. At about 9:00 p.m. local time, a 42-year-old police officer named Jean-Baptiste Salvaing died after being stabbed nine times by his neighbor who shouted "allahu akbar" and praises for ISIS while committing the stabbing. The terrorist then took Salvaing's wife and their son hostage in their house and later killed Salvaing's wife, also a police officer. RAID stormed the house and killed the terrorist and rescued the young boy. ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack and the terrorist may have filmed the attack and sent it to jihadists in Syria.
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