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  • A German tourist was killed and two other people injured in an attack not far from the Eiffel Tower in Paris on Saturday evening.
  • Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said on X, formerly Twitter, that the police had arrested an attacker who attacked passers-by.
  • The police assume an Islamist motive. According to Darmanin, the attacker was known to the domestic intelligence service.

The attacker attacked a “German tourist couple” on a bridge in the evening. The woman was not physically injured, but suffered shock, said Darmanin. The man was hit in the back and shoulder and suffered cardiac arrest, the newspaper Le Parisien reported, citing the police.

The alleged attacker then fled and then attacked two other people before being arrested. The police used an electric shock gun to catch the attacker.

The arrestee was already in custody

During a visit to the crime scene, Darmanin said, according to television station BFMTV, that the alleged perpetrator was known to the domestic secret service because of radical Islamism and “significant psychological disorders.” The man had already been sentenced to four years in prison in 2016 for planning an attack.

According to media reports citing the police, the man is said to have shouted “Allahu Akbar” (roughly: “God is greatest”) when he was arrested. A confessional video was also found. The National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor’s Office said it would look into the attack.


SRF 4 News, December 3rd, 2023, 2:00 a.m.;


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