A knife attack in eastern France has killed one person and injured several others in an “act of Islamist terrorism,” French president Emmanuel Macron has said.
A man attacked local police officers in the city of Mulhouse shouting “Allahu Akbar” (“God is greatest”) on Saturday afternoon, the PNAT prosecutor’s office said in a statement.
A passer-by was killed trying to intervene, while three police officers were injured, the prosecutor’s office added.
“It is without any doubt an act of Islamist terrorism,” Macron told reporters on the sidelines of the annual French farm show, adding that the interior minister was on his way to Mulhouse.
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He added that the government has “complete determination” to respond to the attack.
A 37-year-old Algerian man was arrested, the prosecutor’s office said.
France’s anti-terrorism prosecutor’s office confirmed it was investigating the case. A suspect has been arrested, BFM TV said.
France has been on high alert for extremist threats.
The French city of Mulhouse is near Germany and Switzerland in eastern France.
More to follow.
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