46-year-old man in military attire sets fire to town hall in Angouleme, France, injuring two workers; motive unknown.

46-year-old man in military attire set fire to Angouleme, France's 19th-century town hall, pouring petrol around a room where two female local council aides were working. Police officers, after failing to subdue him with a truncheon, shot and gravely injured him. The attacker had no criminal record, and the motive remains unknown; authorities are investigating.