One person was killed and two others injured in a stabbing attack in central Paris on Saturday evening, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said.
“The police have just bravely arrested an attacker who attacked passers-by in Paris, around the Quai de Grenelle. One person is dead and one injured person is being treated by the Paris fire brigade. Please avoid the area,” writes the minister on X (formerly Twitter). He later told reporters that a third victim had also been hospitalized.
Terrorist attack in Paris with hammer and knife while shouting “Allah Akbar”. One dead and two injured. pic.twitter.com/puhYBn5Kwj
— RadioGenoa (@RadioGenoa) December 2, 2023
Darmanin said the attacker shouted “Allahu Akbar,” confirmation of previous reports from Le Parisien and AFP.
“After his arrest, he said he could no longer tolerate Muslims dying in Afghanistan and Palestine.” Darmanin told reporters after arriving at the crime scene.
#France in a video of the attack at 1:59 #Paris I call for a large part of the Islamic Caliphate #EGG et voue allégeance au calife Abou Hafs. I confirm that I will “avenge the Muslims” and help the EI jihadists in these zones of activity one by one. pic.twitter.com/QA1qtBuVGL
— Wassim Nasr (@SimNasr) December 2, 2023
A tourist with dual German-Filipino nationality was attacked on the Bir-Hakeim Bridge and died from stab wounds to the back and shoulder, French media reported.
An English tourist was attacked while walking with his wife and child on Avenue du President Kennedy. He was reportedly hospitalized with head injuries.
According to BFM TV, the suspect was born in France in 1997. He was known to the authorities as someone who adhered to radical Islamist views and suffered from “significant psychiatric disorders”, the broadcaster said. Darmanin that the suspect was sentenced to four years in prison for conspiracy in 2016 “a violent action.”
France has seen a wave of anti-Semitic incidents following the outbreak of fighting between Israel and Palestinian militants on October 7.
On October 13, a knife-wielding Islamist attacked a school in the northern French city of Arras, killing a teacher and wounding three people. The attacker was arrested.
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