Algerian ‘terrorist’ kills one, injures several, in knife attack in France
A suspected terrorist carried out a knife attack at a town market in France, shouting “Allahu Akbar,” while killing one and injuring several more, on Saturday, according to French authorities.
The knife-wielding maniac killed a civilian passerby — before setting upon a group of municipal police officers in Mulhouse, France.
That civilian was killed as a result of the attack and “several” of the police officers were injured while trying to neutralize the assailant in the terror act carried out at 4 p.m. local time.
The victim was identified by authorities as a 69-year-old Portuguese national.
One of the police officers sustained an injury to the carotid artery and another was injured in the thorax, France24 reported, citing local authorities.
The heartless assault was carried out during a demonstration in support of the Democratic Republic of Conogo in Mulhouse, Fra., Al Jazeera reported.
The 37-year-old suspect is from Algeria, according to France’s interior ministry. He was arrested and is currently in police custody.
The suspect was on France’s terror prevention watchlist, according to local authorities, France24 reported.
The Algerian was reportedly under judicial supervision and house arrest, and under an expulsion order from France, according to France24.
“Horror has just gripped our city,” Mulhouse town mayor Michele Lutz said in a statement posted to Facebook, Saturday.
French President Emmanuel Macron said his government is doing “everything to eradicate terrorism on our soil,” in a televised question and answer in the wake of the attack which he said was “no doubt” an act of terror.
Bruno Retailleau, Minister of the Interior of France, and member of right-wing political party “Les Republicains,” has said that the attack is a wake-up call — highlighting that France needs a change in their migration policies in a television interview with TF1.
“Once again, it is Islamist terrorism that has struck! And it is the migratory disorders that are at the origin of this act,” Retailleau said in an interview on French television Saturday night, reposting the clip to X.
“We have been kind enough to Algeria; it is time to establish a balance of power,” he said in another clip.
“As long as it is impossible to send them back, they must be kept in detention centers! Today, French law does not always guarantee effective protection. It must be changed,” he added in another clip posted from the interview.
