Paris Police Attacker a Radicalized Islamist, Says French Prosecutor

(Guardian-UK) Kim Willsher - A police administrator who stabbed and killed four people at Paris police headquarters on Thursday was a radicalized Islamist who slit the throat of at least one of his victims, France's national anti-terrorist prosecutor Jean-Francois Ricard revealed on Saturday. Witnesses have told police the attacker, Mikhael H., expressed support for Islamist actions, justified the 2015 attack on the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, and changed his dress several months ago from "Western clothing to that suitable for the mosque."


2019-10-07 00:00:00

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