A radical Islamist known to French authorities for mental health issues stabbed a German tourist to death and injured two others in central Paris on a bustling weekend night near the Eiffel Tower.
The incident occurred amid heightened alertness for potential attacks, coinciding with escalating tensions amidst the conflict between Israel and Hamas.
“We will not give in to terrorism,” Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne wrote on X, formerly Twitter, after the attack.
President Emmanuel Macron said he was sending his condolences to the family of a German killed in the “terrorist attack”.
French anti-terror prosecutors have announced their assumption of the investigation into the incident.
Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin confirmed at the River Seine scene that the assailant, recognized by authorities as a radical Islamist receiving treatment for mental illness, shouted “Allahu Akbar” before being apprehended.
The attacker fatally stabbed a German tourist born in 1999 with a knife and subsequently employed a hammer to assault others while attempting to flee across the River Seine.
