Dec 3, 2023 at 12:06 AM Update: an hour ago
A man attacked walkers near the Eiffel Tower in Paris with a knife and a hammer on Saturday evening. The attacker stabbed one person to death and injured two others. The French government speaks of “terrorism”.
The police were able to quickly arrest the suspected perpetrator, who allegedly shouted “Allahu akbar” (God is great) during his attack on the passer-by.
The man was born in France in 1997 and has French nationality. Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin reports that the suspect was convicted in 2016 of preparing an attack.
The man is said to be known to the authorities as a radical Islamist and for psychiatric problems, a police source previously told the news agency AFP. According to the same police source, the suspect stated that he could not tolerate the killing of Muslims in the Gaza Strip and Afghanistan. According to him, France in particular is “complicit” in Israel’s war in Gaza.
‘We do not give in to terrorism’
According to The Parisian the fatal victim is a tourist who has both German and Philippine nationality. The injured person is an English tourist, the French newspaper reports. Nothing is yet known about the second injured person
French Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne said on Saturday night on X that “We will not give in to terrorism. Never.” Borne thus confirmed that the attack in Paris that left one dead and two injured on Saturday evening was a terrorist attack. The authorities previously announced that the suspected perpetrator is known as a radical Islamist.
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