One person was killed and two others injured this Saturday evening in Paris in a knife attack. STEPHANIE LECOCQ / REUTERS
A man was killed and two other people injured this Saturday evening by a radicalized 26-year-old young man, according to police sources.
One person was killed and two others injured this Saturday evening in Paris in a knife attack. The events took place on Quai de Grenelle, in the 15th arrondissement of the capital. The deceased man is a German tourist who also has Filipino nationality, it has been learned Le Figaro from a police source. Information confirmed by the Minister of the Interior who visited the site. He received several blows to the head, back and shoulders.
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Two other people were injured in the attack, a foreigner and a French national. One of them was hit with a hammer in the eye. “Their lives are not in danger”assured Gérald Darmanin.
The man “wanted to attack the police,” says Darmanin
The individual began his deadly spree shortly after 9 p.m. between the Grenelle quay and Bir-Hakeim. He first attacks the German tourist. He then fled across the Bir-Hakeim bridge due to the intervention of a taxi driver who saw the scene. It joins the 16th arrondissement. It was at this moment that he was chased by a team of police officers from the 7th arrondissement and attacked the two other people.
When the four police officers got out of their vehicle to arrest the suspect, the latter “keeps his hands in his coat and explains that he has explosives on him”. He fled again before being arrested. Faced with threats “violent” of the suspect, one of the officials, “two times”fired with his taser, explained the Minister of the Interior.
The suspect known to the intelligence services
The assailant, Armand R., French born in France in Neuilly-sur-Seine in 1997, allegedly shouted “God is great” to the taxi driver and the police, before being arrested, explained Gérald Darmanin. The individual, who lives with his parents in Essonne, is known to the intelligence services for his association with radical Islam and for psychological disorders, we learned Le Figaro from a police source. Gérald Darmanin specified that the suspect is “under psychiatric and neurological treatment”. It is not confirmed, at this stage, that it is listed as S.
In July 2016, this same individual was arrested by the DGSI (General Directorate of Internal Security). He was suspected of wanting to commit a violent action using a bladed weapon in La Défense. For these facts, he was sentenced the same year to four years in prison. “performed”added Gérald Darmanin.
“Support for the caliphate of the Islamic State”
According to France 24 journalist specializing in terrorism Wassim Nasr, the attacker shot a two-minute protest video before taking action. He declares himself there as “support for the caliphate of the Islamic State” and devotes “allegiance to Caliph Abu Hafs”. He also claims to act to “avenge the Muslims”.
More information to come.