On the 29th of October 2020, there was a knife attack in Avignon, Vaucluse, France. The attacker, Fabien Badaroux, claimed to be part of the far-right identitarian gorup Génération identitaire. This could not be confirmed. The group also said, the man was not one of their members. There are no victims. The attacker had an argument with person the Mahgreb. A by-stander alerted the police. The attacker is killed by police, wanting to arrest him at 11.15 local time.The attck is not classified as terrorism. Later, the threatened driver tells police the attacker had done a nazi salute, and charged his weapon, before threatening him. According to some sources, the attacker being treated in a psychiatric hospital nearby. The attacker was a local man from Avignon, aged 33.