2023-12-03 19:30:00
The French anti-terrorism prosecutor’s office said on Sunday evening in Paris that he had published it on the online service .Paris. The perpetrator’s mother also informed the authorities in October that she was worried regarding her son’s condition because he was becoming very withdrawn. “However, there were no grounds for criminal prosecution,” said prosecutor Jean-François Ricard.
The perpetrator, who was born in France, comes from a non-religious Iranian family. The prosecutor explained that he converted and turned to jihadist ideology. He has already been imprisoned for four years for preparing an attack and has massive psychological problems.
Attacking people with hammers
The perpetrator attacked a foreign tourist couple, Darmanin told journalists during a tour of the crime scene. His companion remained physically unharmed, but suffered a shock. According to the public prosecutor’s office, the fatality was born in 1999.
Darmanin explained that a taxi driver intervened. The attacker then ran across a bridge over the Seine to the other side of the river and attacked other people with a hammer: a Frenchman in his 60s and a foreign tourist. The interior minister did not disclose the nationality of the injured tourist.
According to police sources, the attacker shouted “Allahu Akbar” (God is great) during his attack. The Frenchman, born in 1997, was knocked out with a Taser and arrested. He is charged with murder and attempted murder. The national anti-terrorism prosecutor’s office took over the investigation.
According to Interior Minister Darmanin, the attacker had a criminal record. The young man was sentenced to four years in prison in 2016 for planning another attack. After his crime on Saturday, he said he mightn’t stand that Muslims were being killed in “Afghanistan and Palestine.” The Gaza war is leading to increased tensions in France with its large Muslim minority.
Police circles also said that the alleged perpetrator, who was born in France, suffered from psychological problems and was known as a radical Islamist.
An eyewitness who was in a nearby bar during the crime said he heard cries for help and saw people running away. A man “with a hammer in his hand” attacked another man, who then fell. After “five to ten minutes” the police arrived.
“We will not give in to terrorism”
French President Emmanuel Macron expressed his “condolences” to the relatives of the German victim on the online service X (formerly Twitter). Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne declared on X: “We will not give in to terrorism.” At the same time, she praised “the courage and professionalism of our security and rescue forces” in the operation once morest the attacker. Darmanin also highlighted the “courageous” police intervention on X.
Two months ago, France was declared on the highest alert level for the risk of attacks following a radicalized ex-student stabbed a 57-year-old teacher and injured three other staff members at a school in Arras, northern France. The 20-year-old perpetrator, who came from Russian Ingushetia, had previously sworn allegiance to the jihadist militia Islamic State (IS).
In Paris there have been several acts similar to those on Saturday evening in recent years. In May 2018, a Russian-French attacker born in Chechnya killed a passerby with a kitchen knife and injured four other people before police killed him. IS claimed responsibility for the crime.
In February 2017, an Egyptian attacked security forces near the Louvre with a machete while shouting “Allahu Akbar.” He was sentenced to 30 years in prison in June 2021.
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