A source close to the inquiry said the suspect, believed to be an Afghan national, has been arrested. "Nothing at this stage shows signs of a terrorist nature in these assaults," the source said, adding that the attacker had targeted "strangers in the street". Of the seven wounded including two British tourists, four are in a critical condition, police said. The incident took place just after 11:00 p.m. on the banks of a canal in the northeast of the capital. A security guard at one of two cinemas on either side of the Bassin de la Villette, part of the Canal de l'Ourcq, said he saw a man who had already assaulted people being chased by two other men who tried to stop him. "He had an iron bar in his hand which he threw at the men chasing him, then he took out a knife," he told AFP. Another eyewitness, 28-year-old Youssef Najah, said he was walking along the canal near a bowling green when he saw a man running and holding a knife about 25-30 cm (10-11 inches) long. "There were around 20 … [Read more...] about 7 wounded including 2 British tourists in Paris knife attack
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Seven wounded including 2 UK tourists in Paris knife attack
Seven people including two British tourists were wounded on Sunday (Sep 9) in Paris after they were attacked by a man armed with a knife and an iron bar, according to police and other sources. French police investigating on the scene where a man had attacked and injured people with a knife. (Photo: AFP / Zakaria ABDELKAFI) A source close to the inquiry said the suspect has been arrested and is believed to be an Afghan national. "Nothing at this stage shows signs of a terrorist nature in these assaults," the sources said, adding that the attacker had targeted "strangers in the street". Of the seven wounded, four are in a critical condition, police said. The incident took place just after 11pm (5am, Singapore time) on the banks of a canal in the northeast of the capital. A security guard at one of two cinemas on either side of the Canal de l'Ourcq said he saw a man who had already assaulted people being chased by two other men who tried to stop him. "He had an iron bar in his … [Read more...] about Seven wounded including 2 UK tourists in Paris knife attack
Friend of Paris knife attacker charged and remanded in custody: source
Abdul Hakim A, a Chechen-born French national who had been held by police for four days before he appeared in court, had been on watch lists prior to Saturday’s stabbing attack which was carried out by his friend Khamzat Azimov. Azimov killed a 29-year-old man and injured five others, in the busy Opera district of the French capital on Saturday night before being shot dead by police. Azimov, a 20-year-old naturalised Frenchman of Chechen origin, had been on France’s two main watch lists for suspected radicals since 2016. Hakim A, also 20, was detained Sunday in the eastern city of Strasbourg, where the two men grew up, and later transferred to the headquarters of France’s domestic intelligence services in Paris. "He has denied any implication in either preparing or carrying out the acts as well as any recent links with Khamzat Azimov, claiming not to have seen or been in contact with him for several months," according to … [Read more...] about Friend of Paris knife attacker charged and remanded in custody: source
Police widen probe into Chechen-born Paris knife attacker
Viet Nam News PARIS — French investigators will widen their probe Monday to include possible help provided to the Chechen-born 20-year-old whose stabbing spree in central Paris, claimed by the Islamic State group, left one person dead and four seriously wounded. The man, identified as naturalised Frenchman Khamzat Azimov, carried out the attack Saturday night in a lively area of theatres and restaurants near the city’s historic opera house. The knifeman, whose rampage followed a series of jihadist assaults in France that have killed 246 people since 2015, was shot dead by police after an officer failed to subdue him with a Taser. A source close to the inquiry said Azimov grew up with his family in Strasbourg, eastern France, which has a large community of Chechen refugees. His parents, now living in Paris, have been taken into custody as well as a friend in Strasbourg described as the "individual closest" to Azimov, according to a source close to the investigation. … [Read more...] about Police widen probe into Chechen-born Paris knife attacker
One killed in Paris knife attack by man shouting ‘Allahu akbar’
An assailant shouting "Allahu akbar" killed a passer-by in a knife attack that also wounded four others in the heart of Paris late on Saturday before he was shot dead by police, French authorities said. One killed in Paris knife attack by man shouting 'Allahu akbar', photo AFP / GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT The country has been on high alert amid a series of attacks, commissioned or inspired by the Islamic State militant group, that has killed more than 240 people since 2015. France "will not yield an inch to the enemies of freedom," President Emmanuel Macron said after the attack, praising officers for "neutralizing the terrorist." The first call to police was placed at 8:47 p.m. local time (1847 GMT), officers were on the scene within five minutes, and the attacker was "neutralized" within nine minutes of that first call, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe told reporters. Police union representative Rocco Contento told Reuters that the assailant, after attacking bystanders with a … [Read more...] about One killed in Paris knife attack by man shouting ‘Allahu akbar’