France: Suspected Paris attacker claims allegiance to “Islamic State”

The suspected assassin of Paris According to the public prosecutor’s office, he is a member of the Islamist terrorist group “Islamic State” (IS). The 26-year-old, who is said to have stabbed a German tourist and injured two other people in Paris, has claimed responsibility for the jihadist militia in a video.

He published the video on the X platform from an account set up in October. The French anti-terrorism prosecutor’s office said many articles “about Hamas, Gaza and Palestine” were also published there.

In addition, the suspected perpetrator had contact with other jihadist-motivated attackers, the public prosecutor’s office in Paris said. He had already been imprisoned for four years for preparing an attack and had massive psychological problems, it was said.

Mother told authorities in October she was worried about her son

The suspected perpetrator was arrested on Saturday evening after he is said to have killed a German with a knife and injured two people. According to media reports, three more people were taken into police custody. These are people from the environment of the alleged Islamist perpetrator, as the media consistently reported. The parents of the man born in 1997 are said to be among them.

The French-born perpetrator converted and turned to jihadist ideology, the prosecutor said. The mother of the suspected attacker also informed the authorities in October that she was worried about her son’s condition because he was becoming very withdrawn. According to the public prosecutor’s office, the authorities saw no reason for criminal prosecution at this point.