one dead and two injured after knife and hammer attack, assailant arrested

The individual was arrested near the Bir Hakeim bridge around 9:30 p.m. Saturday evening. An investigation into “assassination” and “attempted assassination” was opened by the Paris prosecutor’s office.

One person was killed and two others injured in a knife attack on the evening of Saturday, December 2, at the Bir Hakeim metro station in Paris. The attacker was arrested near the Bir Hakeim bridge around 9:30 p.m., Franceinfo learned from a police source. According to this same source, the individual, born in France, is on file S. According to the first elements of the investigation, he uttered the words “Allah akbar” while he was carrying out the act.

Around 9:15 p.m., “an individual attacked a couple of tourists at the Bir Hakeim metro station, on a public highway”, reacted on franceinfo Philippe Goujon, the mayor of the 15th arrondissement. People were attacked with “a knife” and a hammer. The attacker then “ran away” towards the 16th arrondissement located right next door. “He exchanged a few blows with two other tourists, whom he slightly injured, and he was arrested at that time by the police of the 15th.”, continues the chosen one. As soon as she was informed, “The police started chasing him and were able to arrest him by neutralizing him with a taser.”

The Paris prosecutor’s office opens an investigation

According to the Paris prosecutor’s office, which opened an investigation for “assassination” and “attempted assassination”, the individual of French nationality was born in 1997 in Neuilly-sur-Seine (Hauts-de-Seine). The sector was “completely closed” Saturday evening, and it was “recommended not to go there.”

Gérald Darmanin went there around midnight. “The assailant was known to the intelligence services. He had significant psychiatric disorders”, declared the Minister of the Interior. The individual “was sentenced to 4 years in prison in 2016” for wanting to make another attack.