This Saturday, according to a police source, an assailant stabbed one person to death and injured another in the 15th arrondissement of Paris and reportedly shouted “Allah akbar” before being arrested. The injured person was taken care of by the Paris firefighters.
An assailant stabbed a man to death and injured another on Saturday evening in the 15th arrondissement of Paris and allegedly shouted “Allah akbar” before being arrested, we learned from a police source. The perpetrator of the fatal blows was “born in France” and is “French,” the source said. The injured person was taken care of by the Paris firefighters.
The police have just courageously arrested an assailant attacking passers-by in Paris, around the Quai de Grenelle. One deceased person and one injured person treated by the Paris Fire Brigade. Please avoid the area.
— Gérald DARMANIN (@GDarmanin) December 2, 2023
Known for psychiatric disorders and radical Islamism
The assailant was known for psychiatric disorders, radical Islamism and declared that he could not support Muslims being killed around the world, according to a police source. The minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin is expected on site. “The police have just courageously arrested an assailant attacking passers-by in Paris, around the Quai de Grenelle. One person died and one injured person taken care of by the Paris firefighters. Please avoid the area”, wrote the minister on the X network (formerly Twitter).
A security cordon has been set up not far from the Eiffel Tower, noted an AFP journalist.