Story highlights Suspect flew to Turkey on January 29 but was turned back, a Turkish official said

Suspect is identified as Moussa Coulibaly

Assailant is arrested with help from soldiers, police, a passer-by

(CNN) A soldier and a comrade who came to his aid were stabbed Tuesday on the streets of Nice in southern France, officials said, the latest instance of French authorities coming under attack on their native soil.

The suspect -- Moussa Coulibaly, according to a representative in the Nice mayor's office -- shares the same last name as one of the three terrorists behind last month's deadly attacks in and around Paris.

Officials cannot confirm he's related to Amedy Coulibaly, the man who killed a police officer in the Paris suburb of Montrouge, then took hostages in a kosher grocery in the French capital, a standoff that ended with him and four hostages dead. Coulibaly is a common name for families of Malian descent.

"(The) assault ... seemed extremely deliberate or even premeditated against the military," Nice Mayor Christian Estrosi told CNN affiliate BFMTV. "... Justice must be extremely severe."

They were among the French military forces who have been out on the streets around sensitive sites following last month's terror attacks that included the massacre at the offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.

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