One dead, two injured in Paris knife and hammer attack near Eiffel Tower

[CharlieH]

 

French police have arrested a man suspected of killing one person and injuring two others in a knife and hammer attack in central Paris.

The attack took place at Bir Hakeim, near the Eiffel Tower, France’s Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin told reporters at the scene on Saturday night.

 

One man – a German tourist born in the Philippines – was killed in the attack and two others sustained non-life threatening injuries, he added.

One of those wounded was a British national, the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office said Sunday. The other was French, a spokeswoman for the anti-terrorism prosecutor’s office said.

One of the police officers responding to the scene used a taser to neutralize the attacker, Darmanin said. The suspect’s life is not at risk, he added.

 

“After his arrest, he said he could no longer bear to see Muslims dying in both Afghanistan and Palestine,” Darmanin said.

 

Suspect was known to intelligence services

Addressing reporters, Darmanin said that the suspect was born in France in 1997 and had been sentenced to four years in prison back in 2016 for planning “violent action.”

The suspect was known to intelligence services for having “serious psychiatric disorders,” Darmanin added.

The minister said he had been told by police that the attacker had reportedly shouted “Allahu Akbar” during the assault.

 

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[Hanaguma]

The "Religion of Peace" strikes again. 

[FritsSikkink]

"The suspect was known to intelligence services for having “serious psychiatric disorders,” Darmanin added." 

Why wasn't he in a mental hospital then?

[Hanaguma]

2 hours ago, FritsSikkink said:

"The suspect was known to intelligence services for having “serious psychiatric disorders,” Darmanin added." 

Why wasn't he in a mental hospital then?

Because France, like so many countries, has watched One Flew Over the Cuckoo Nest a few too many times. It is very hard to get someone committed to a mental hospital unless they already commit a serious offense.

[RayC]

2 hours ago, FritsSikkink said:

"The suspect was known to intelligence services for having “serious psychiatric disorders,” Darmanin added." 

Why wasn't he in a mental hospital then?

 

Presumably because these disorders were not deemed serious enough to detain him involuntarily. In hindsight, that appears to be a major error.

[FritsSikkink]

21 minutes ago, Hanaguma said:

Because France, like so many countries, has watched One Flew Over the Cuckoo Nest a few too many times. It is very hard to get someone committed to a mental hospital unless they already commit a serious offense.

He had been in jail for 4 years before the attack.

[Tug]

6 hours ago, Hanaguma said:

Because France, like so many countries, has watched One Flew Over the Cuckoo Nest a few too many times. It is very hard to get someone committed to a mental hospital unless they already commit a serious offense.

Naa it’s money it’s expensive to house the nutters in asylums cheaper to use prisons then when they get out they are even more dangerous.just thank god he didn’t have easy access to assault weapons!

[FruitPudding]

11 hours ago, CharlieH said:

The minister said he had been told by police that the attacker had reportedly shouted “Allahu Akbar” during the assault.

 

Of course, he did.

 

These reports are getting very predictable. 

[JonnyF]

Another reminder to the Parisian people that diversity is indeed their strength.

 

And dont dare question that narrative. 

[RayC]

4 hours ago, JonnyF said:

Another reminder to the Parisian people that diversity is indeed their strength.

 

And dont dare question that narrative. 

 

So extremists and the problems of diversity are uniquely Islamist and French?

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