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31-year-old suspect had ‘no apparent terrorist motive’, says Annecy prosecutor France stabbings: Ex-Liverpool footballer witnessed attack, says he saw ‘injured children on the ground’
The suspect reportedly shouted "in the name of Jesus Christ" during the attack, [4] although local police later stated that the attack had no terrorist motive. [5] The assailant was forcibly stopped by an intervening Catholic pilgrim known as Henri or "backpack hero" [ 6 ] [ 7 ] and was then arrested by armed police after shots were fired at him.
Terrorist incidents map of France (1970–2015). Paris, Corsica and Southwestern France are major places of incidents. A total of 2,616 incidents were plotted. This is a list of terrorist attacks in France from 1800 to the present. Several 19th-century French rulers were targeted in unsuccessful assassination attempts which killed innocent ...
[1] [2] He was born in France in 1997 to Iranian parents who fled the Iranian Revolution in 1979. [1] [2] [3] He acquired French nationality on 20 March 2002, through the collective effort of his parents' naturalization. [4] [5] His birth first name was Iman, but it was changed in 2003. [5]
Attal said in a post on X that the decision, which comes months before Paris hosts the Olympic Games, was taken "in light of the Islamic State's claiming responsibility for the (Moscow) attack and ...
Authorities in Sweden have corroborated remarks by France’s interior minister that the suspect was denied asylum in France days before the attack because he was granted asylum in Sweden 10 years go.
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CBC News reported in December 2018 that the number of people killed in terrorist attacks in France since 2015 was 249, with the number of wounded at 928. [20] Since 1970, France experienced 2,654 terrorist incidents, resulting in 1,247 terrorist-related deaths and 2,559 injuries, the second highest in western Europe after the United Kingdom.