Three French soldiers who were conducting a patrol outside a Jewish center in the southern city of Nice as part of the country’s recently upgraded counter-terrorism campaign were attacked by a man wielding a knife on Tuesday.

AFP reports that two of the soldiers were wounded and their lives are not in danger, while French police union official Sarah Baron said the precise extent of the wounds are not yet clear.

The stabber was arrested, but two associates of his are thought to have escaped after the attack occurred in the center of the city, near the Galeries Lafayette department store.

The identity of the stabber is unknown as yet.