Darfur24-Paris
A Sudanese refugee has stabbed a French immigration official to death after being told his asylum request had been rejected.
A Sudanese resident in France, named , Mohamed Ahmad Al-Zubair, told Darfur 24, that the killing happened at a refugee centre on Friday morning in the southern city of Pau, about 50km (31 miles) from the Spanish border.
Al-Zubair said the man had been in jail before for violence involving a knife.
French media and the city’s mayor said the victim was the head of the asylum service, reportedly a 46-year-old man.
The regional Sud Ouest newspaper said he was given first aid after being stabbed several times in the chest but died of his injuries.
The 38-year-old attacker is understood to be a long-time resident of the refugee centre.