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Paris knife attacker was French citizen born in Chechnya
Paris knife attacker
May 13, 2018 | 10:29 AM
The assailant who killed a 29-year-old man in a central Paris knife attack on Saturday night was a French citizen born in the Chechnya region of Russia in 1997, judicial sources said on Sunday.
The unnamed attacker shouted "Allahu akbar" (God is greatest) as he killed a passer-by and wounded four other people in the busy Opera district of central Paris at around 9:30 pm, before being shot dead by police, witnesses and the Paris prosecutor said.The 21-year-old's father and mother are being held for questioning by police, a judicial source said.The assailant was categorised in France as "fiche S", an indication used by law enforcement officials to flag people who may be a threat to national security, said another source close to the investigation.Earlier, Interior Minister Gerard Collomb told reporters the injured were out of danger."I have seen the person who was seriously injured. She is recovering. She was operated on and saved," he said after visiting the victims in hospital.
May 13, 2018 | 10:29 AM