Paris Knife Attacker Converted to Islam 18 Months Before Attack: Report By Tobias Hoonhout
Paris Knife Attacker Converted to Islam 18 Months Before Attack: Report
The French police employee who killed four of his colleagues at the Paris police headquarters on Thursday was a recent convert to Islam, according to French television BFM TV.
The 45-year-old attacker killed three police officers and an administrative worker, three men and one woman, before being shot and killed by police. Officials so far have not publicly released a motive, and are trying to discover if there was a terrorism link. The man’s wife has been taken in custody.
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo took to Twitter to offer her condolences to the victim’s families.
“During the Paris Council, we will pay tribute to the victims and will salute the unfailing commitment of police forces serving the security of Parisians. We know what we owe them,” she wrote.
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