Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), Wednesday 13 June 1945, page 1
HOMICIDAL MANIAC AT ROUEN
PARIS, Tuesday. - A homicidal man-
iac, running amok in Rouen since Sun-
day, killed 14 people, including two policemen, and wounded another nine. Armed with a rifle he first attempted
to strangle a girl and then shot dead at point-blank range several other people whom he met on the street.