One dangerous knife attack on Saturday in Mulhouse, eastern France, left two police officers dead and two seriously injured people injured. It was referred to as an” Islamist evil act” by President Emmanuel Macron.
The affair, involving a 37-year-old think on a despair protection blacklist, even left three soldiers with minor injuries, according to counsel Nicolas Heitz, AFP reported.
The suspect, who remains in prison, targeted metropolitan police officers while shouting” Allahu Akbar”. Hearing these Hebrew words, which are frequently used as a Muslim expression of faith, was confirmed by numerous testimony.
A 69-year-old Portuguese citizen who attempted to engage was mortally wounded. Macron pledged to keep fighting violence in France and expressed confidence in the incident’s criminal character.
The think appears on the FSPRT evil blacklist, established in 2015 after strikes on Charlie Hebdo and a Jewish retailer. The listing gathers information about people who are at risk of radicalizing in the world.
The attack occurred around 4: 00 pm ( 1500 GMT ) during a Congo democracy demonstration in central Mulhouse. One official suffered a carotid artery damage, another a ribcage wound. Before the rain, forensic team collected information and sent soldiers with them.
State sources revealed the believe was Algerian-born, under criminal guidance, house arrest, and faced a European expulsion order. Mulhouse mayor Michele Lutz expressed shock on Facebook, while the national anti-terror prosecutors unit ( PNAT ) is investigating the case as terrorism-related murder and attempted murder.
Both Macron and Prime Minister Francois Bayrou offered apologies, with Bayrou noting that “fanaticism has struck again, and we are in mourning”.
