He had been put on
the list of security suspects for having ties with a person located in Syria,
according to the data provided by investigative authorities.
PARIS, May 13.
/TASS/. The knife attacker who killed one and wounded four other people in a
suspected terror attack in Paris, was in the police’s database of security
suspects with propensity for radical Islamic actions, AFP reported on Sunday
with reference to investigative authorities.
The attacker, aged
20, was born in Chechnya, his parents have been taken into custody, the agency
said.
He had been put on
the list of security suspects for having ties with a person located in Syria,
according to the data provided by investigative authorities. Meanwhile, no law
violations were registered regarding the young man, BFM TV said.
The stabbing attack
took place at about 21.30 in Paris’ second arrondissement where the city's
opera and prestigious residential areas are located. The assailant was shot
dead by police after carrying out the assault on Saturday evening. Initial
reports said eight people were injured. Later, it became known that four people
had actual knife wounds, while some others sought medical assistance for the
state of shock. Two of those injured were hospitalized in critical condition.
The authorities are
treating the attack as terror related, primarily because witnesses described
him shouting "Allahu akbar", a refrain commonly used by jihadists
when carrying out attacks, AFP said.
The Islamic State
terrorist group (outlawed in Russia) claimed responsibility for the attack.
Source: ITAR-TASS
13-05-2018
