MONTFERRIER-SUR-LEZ, FRANCE — At least one woman was killed when an armed intruder attacked a retirement home in southern France late on Thursday. <br /> <br />The attacker was armed with a knife and a sawed-off shotgun, French newspaper Le Monde reported. <br /> <br />The residents of the retirement home near the city of Montpellier are mostly retired missionaries to Africa. <br /> <br />After entering the building, the suspect tied up a caretaker and stabbed a woman to death. Some reports said the dead woman was a nun, but conflicting accounts said she was a supervisor at the home. <br /> <br />The alarm was raised when the caretaker escaped and called the police. <br /> <br />By the time the police arrived, the suspect had fled, and a manhunt was launched to find him. <br /> <br />Early indications suggested the attack was not terror-related, Reuters reported, citing local officials. <br /> <br />France remains in an official state of emergency following a spate of recent terrorist attacks in the country.
