24th / 25th November 2016

18.47 GMT

Reuters report that the victim was a 54 year old linen maid. Attacker has been detained. "At this stage we can't say exactly what the perpetrator's motive was, but what we can say is that there is no link, none at all, with Islamist terrorism," Montpellier prosecutor Christophe Barret

02.03 GMT

Attacker has stabbed to death one woman at a Christian retirement home, some reports say the victim was an elderly nun, some others a female warden. The attack took place in the rural town of Montferrier sur lez, near Montpellier, in the south of France. Many police attended and elderly residents were evacuated. The attacker is reported to still be on the run.

01.56 GMT

Gunman on the run. HLN Belgium.

01.32 GMT

Spokesman of the Archdiocese of Montpellier (Hérault) Wayne Bodkin: 'It's a shock, it is unclear why such a tragedy, we have no idea of ​​the intrusion pattern in this religious retreat house that welcomes former missionary in Africa. It is in the countryside, very quiet.

01.20 GMT

Attacker "cuts throat of elderly nun." (Daily Mail)

01.05 GMT

Alain Berthet, local councillor in Montferrier-sur-Luz, said residents "very elderly with an average age of 75 although some are more than 90,”

00.56 GMT

French Bishops' Conference, Olivier Ribadeau Dumas, "Our prayers tonight go to the woman who lost her life in this attack on a retirement home."

00.43 GMT

Reuters report that the caretaker contacted police after escaping from the home, where she had been bound and gagged

00.35 GMT

Woman stabbed to death believed to be a nun. Multiple sources.

00.31 GMT

Other breaking news - 8 Egyptian soldiers killed in an islamic terrorist attack in the Sinai region of Egypt.

00.28 GMT

In July, an 84 year old priest was murdered in an Islamic terrorist attack during morning mass at his church, in Normandy.

00.20 GMT

2 people reported dead.

00.13 GMT

Retirement home named as 'Chenes Verts' retirement home

00.11 GMT

Attacker reported to be 'holed up' in an area of the retirement home.

00.02 (25th Nov 2016)

French newspaper Le Figaro report the dead woman was found bound and gagged.

23.56 GMT

French media reporting that the monks' retirement home has been evacuated, 59 safe, attacker on the run

23.48 GMT

Retirement home for missionaries reported to have been attacked by an armed man. 1 woman reported dead. The dead woman was thought to have contacted police before she was killed with a knife.