One murdered in an ‘Islamist’ knife attack in France

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Sebastien Bozon / AFP

A man who was attenuated in France, killing one and wounding several others in what President Emmanuel Macron called an “Islamist terrorist act,” was on a terrorism surveillance list and was subject to deportation orders

The suspect that pushes the knife, later identified by prosecutors as a man born in Algerina, 37, was arrested at the Saturday attack site in the eastern city of Mulhouse.

Local prosecutor Nicolas Heitz said the suspect, whom he did not appoint, was registered in the terrorist surveillance list of France.

Speaking at the police station, Interior Minister Bruno Retilleau said that the man had “an schizophrenic profile” and his act had “a psychiatric dimension.”

Retailleau said that France had repeatedly tried to expel him from the country, but Algeria refused to cooperate.

The uproar occurred around 4 PM (1500 GMT) near a market occupied in Mulhouse, a city of around 110,000 people near the German border. At that time, the protesters gathered in support of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

A 69 -year -old Portuguese man was fatally injured, while parking attendees and the police were also injured.

Two officers were seriously injured, and one suffered an injury in a carotid artery, and the other to the upper body, said prosecutor Heitz to the AFP, added that the latter officer could leave the hospital.

Three other officers suffered minor injuries, prosecutors said.

During the attack, the suspect was heard “Allahu Akbar” (God is bigger), according to the National Unit of Anti-terror prosecutors (PNAT).

Witnesses also told AFP that he heard the suspect shout the words several times.

Later, President Macron said there was no “doubt” that the incident was “a terrorist act”, specifically “an Islamist terrorist act.”

The government was determined to continue doing “everything to eradicate terrorism in our soil,” he added.