A German vacationer died and two different folks, together with a British citizen, had been damage after an assault by a person armed with a knife and a hammer close to the Eiffel Tower in Paris on Saturday, in what President Emmanuel Macron described as “a terrorist attack”.
Police shortly arrested the 26-year-old man, a French nationwide, after subduing him with a Taser stun gun, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin advised reporters on Saturday.
The suspect had in 2016 been sentenced to 4 years in jail for planning one other assault, and had been on the French safety providers’ watch checklist, the minister mentioned.
The man attacked a vacationer couple at round 1900 GMT (23:00 UAE time) with a knife on the Quai de Grenelle, a number of toes away from the Eiffel Tower, mortally wounding the German nationwide.
He was then chased by police and attacked two different folks, earlier than being arrested.
“We are supporting a British man who was injured in Paris and are in touch with the native authorities,” a spokesperson for the British international ministry mentioned.
French anti-terrorism prosecutors are main an investigation into the incident.
“I send all my condolences to the family and loved ones of the German national who died this evening during the terrorist attack in Paris and think with emotion of the people currently injured and in care,” President Macron mentioned on the social community platform X.
Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne expressed defiance within the face of such assaults, saying on X: “We will not give in to terrorism.”
