Knife attack in France leaves one dead and several injured
| In a knife attack in Paris, the capital of France, a German citizen was killed and several others were injured. |
According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency quoting A young German tourist was killed in a knife attack in Paris that police say was motivated by extremism, Die Sight magazine reported. This news was announced by Gérald Daronin, the French Minister of the Interior and the country’s public prosecutor’s office on Sunday night. Two other people were injured in this terrorist attack. The perpetrator of this attack was arrested by the police forces.
According to the official information, the person killed is a German citizen born in 1999 in the Philippines. He died as a result of being stabbed in the shoulder and waist area. His companion was not injured, but was shocked. The criminal also injured two other people with a hammer.
The police arrested a man as a suspect. According to Le Monde, the attacker was born in France in 1997 and, according to the French Ministry of Interior, has a criminal record. In 2016, he was sentenced to four years in prison for planning another attack. A police officer told AFP that the perpetrator is said to have shouted “Allahu Akbar” when he was arrested near the crime scene. Le Parisien also reported this matter by quoting its police source.
According to the police, the suspected perpetrator has sworn allegiance to the ISIS terrorist organization.
p style=”text-a..”>After this terrorist incident, French President Emmanuel Macron offered his condolences to the relatives of the German victim of this attack.
Elizabeth Bourne, The Prime Minister of France also said: We will not surrender to terrorism. At the same time, he praised the courage and professionalism of the French security and relief forces in the operation against the attacker.
About two months ago, after a former student A gunman stabbed a 57-year-old teacher and wounded three other staff at a school in Arras, northern France, where France has raised the highest alert level for the risk of terrorist attacks. The 20-year-old perpetrator of this attack had previously expressed his loyalty to the ISIS terrorist group. In recent years, several similar actions have been carried out by ISIS-affiliated groups in Paris.
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