Police neutralized an attack after a man in the Paris suburbs stabbed four people.
“The attacker was armed with a knife and was lashing out at anyone he could. There were claims he was carrying explosives,” a police source said on Monday. “Armed police arrived within minutes and were able to neutralize the attacker with gunfire. One of the people wounded was rushed to the hospital and is in intensive care.”
The source said the knife attacker “appeared to be wearing an explosives vest,” and police shot and killed him on the scene. At least one of the stabbing victims is reported to have been killed in the attack.
Video posted online appears to show police opening fire on the man. Witnesses on the scene said the man yelled “Allahu Akbar” while he stabbed people.
???ATTAQUE A #VILLEJUIF– Les policiers avaient tout d’abord tenté de neutraliser l’assaillant avec leur arme de poing (9mm). N’y arrivant pas, ils sont allés chercher leur fusil d’assaut dans leur voiture, avant d’abattre le terroriste. Un mort, trois blessés dont un très grave. pic.twitter.com/thDdx1auuo
— La Plume Libre (@LPLdirect) January 3, 2020
Police have yet to determine a motive for the most recent attack, but it appeared the man was stabbing people at random. Counterterrorism personnel are investigating the crime scene and working to figure out the identity of the assailant.
In October, an attacker influenced by radical Islamists stabbed four people in Paris.
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