And military dell’anti Terrorism was stabbed a Paris on the evening of Monday, July 15, during a patrol at the Gare de l’Est. The news was released by the Paris police, who confirmed that a man was arrested as a suspect.
Soldier stabbed in Paris, man arrested
The French soldier stabbed in Paris he was in service in theanti-terrorism operation “Sentinels,” a vast monitoring program created after the 2015 terrorist attacks.
Police in the capital confirmed the incident near the Gare de L’Est station, and said a suspect had been arrested following the attack.
Soldier injured, not in danger of life
The Minister of the Interior Gerald Darmanin writes on X that the soldier who was hit “is not in danger of life”. The Minister of the Armed Forces, Sébastien Unicornalways expressed on X “support and recognition for our armed forces who contribute more than ever to guaranteeing the safety of the French”.
The soldier was wounded in the shoulder, a police source told AFP. This attack comes less than two weeks before the opening of the Paris Olympics, which will be held from July 26 to August 11.
Who is the suspect in the attack on the soldier in Paris?
The BFMTV showed someone Images of the arrest of the man suspected of being responsible for the attack on the Sentinelle soldier in Paris.
According to the broadcaster, he is a 40-year-old with a past of problems psychiatricnaturalized French in 2006, after being born in Kinshasain the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The man, arrested around 10pm, allegedly hit the soldier on the shoulder with a knife from the length of approximately 30 centimeters.
The attacker allegedly invoked God
According to the newspaper The Parisianciting police sources, the man arrested for the attack on the French soldier reportedly shouted “God is great” in French before launching the attack.
He would not have pronounced the formula “Allah akbar“, as previously reported by other newspapers, and he would have identified himself as being of Christian faith to the police.
The attacker also has a previous of police dating back to 2018 for homocidea case for which he was subsequently interned in psychiatry. At present he was forbidden to carry weapons and work.
Video surveillance footage shows that the individual had been following the military for several minutes before the attack, according to initial investigation evidence. He reportedly said during his arrest that he had acted because “the military kills people in his country.”
Photo source: ANSA
Source: notizie.virgilio.it
