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Several roads are blocked by gendarmes in the French town of Douvres, as a man is shot by French tactical units after killing a family of five, including three children. IMAGES
A woman administrator was stabbed to death by a Tunisian man at a police station southwest of Paris on Friday, the local prosecutor's office and a police source told AFP. The attacker, a Tunisian, was fatally wounded when officers opened fire on him at the station in Rambouillet, a wealthy commuter town 60 kilometres (40 miles) from Paris, a police source told AFP on condition of anonymity. IMAGES
In Johannesburg, students burn tyres and demonstrate after a passerby was shot dead amid protests over student debt. Students began sporadic protests in early January over the alleged exclusion of some students by a government-sponsored tuition aid scheme. They are demanding that the University of the Witwatersrand allows all students with outstanding debt to register for the 2021 academic year. IMAGES
A man wearing a fake suicide belt and wielding a knife was shot dead when he tried to enter a northern Paris police station on Thursday was wearing a fake explosive belt, a police union source told Reuters.
Supporters of Zambian President Lungu hold a rally in Lusaka during a tense presidential race, which has been marked by clashes between rival supporters. The presidential election will take place on Thursday. IMAGES.