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One dead, two injured in Paris knife and hammer attack near Eiffel Tower

Dec 04, 2023

Paris [France], December 4: French police have arrested a man suspected of killing one person and injuring two others in a knife and hammer attack in central Paris.
The attack took place at BirHakeim, near the Eiffel Tower, France's Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin told reporters at the scene on Saturday night. He said that the man arrested was a French citizen previously known to intelligence services.
One man - a German tourist born in the Philippines - was killed in the attack and two others sustained non-life threatening injuries, he added. One of those wounded was a British national, the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office said on Sunday. The other was French, a spokeswoman for the anti-terrorism prosecutor's office said.
One of the police officers responding to the scene used a taser to neutralize the attacker, Darmanin said. The suspect's life is not at risk, he added.
Source: Qatar Tribune

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