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According to French media, Pascal Darmon – who now runs a wine business – was attacked by a man wielding a knife.

Several others were said to have been injured.

More than 20 police cars and military vans closed off a large area of the city centre of Rouen, around 50km north of Paris.

Police at the scene in Rue Alsace-Lorraine said there was "no known motive"

The suspect was holed up on the street near the busy Republic area of the city.

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Cops confirmed the man had been arrested shortly after the incident.It is believed he tried to flee the scene as armed police approached him.

The attack comes just a week after Emmanuel Macron was elected the new President of France.

A number of violent incidents marred the campaigns of both Macron and his opponent Marine Le Pen.

A shooting in Paris saw one police officer killed and others injured just days leading up to the election.

In 2016, two men stabbed a priest to death in Rouen after taking churchgoers hostage.

The attackers were found to be carrying fake explosives when they were shot dead by police.