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2023 Paris attack
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| 2023 Paris attack | |
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 The Pont de Bir-Hakeim in 2018 | |
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| Location | Near the Pont de Bir-Hakeim in Paris, France |
| Date | 2 December 2023 Just before 21:00 (CET (UTC+01:00)) |
| Weapons | machete and hammer |
| Deaths | 1 |
| Injured | 2 |
| Motive | Islamic extremism |
| Accused | Armand Rajabpour-Miyandoabis |
On 2 December 2023, a French man carried out a machete and hammer attack against 3 people near the Pont de Bir-Hakeim in Paris, France, killing 1 of them.[1] The suspect was allegedly motivated by Islamic extremism.
Attack
[edit]On Quai de Grenelle in the 15th arrondissement of Paris, just before 21:00 CET (20:00 GMT) on 2 December 2023, a man attacked three people using a knife and hammer as he allegedly shouted "Allahu Akbar".[1] One victim was killed.[1]
Reaction
[edit]Police tasered the suspect near the scene[2] and arrested him for premeditated murder and terrorist-motivated attempted murder.[1] President Emmanuel Macron described it as a terrorist attack.[1]
Victims
[edit]The fatally attacked victim was a young man who was a tourist from the Philippines, who had immigrated to Germany.[1] He was a nurse who was a naturalised German citizen.[1] The surviving victims are a Frenchman aged around 60 and a 66-year-old British tourist.[1][2]
Suspect
[edit]The suspect is Armand Rajabpour-Miyandoabis, a 26-year-old man who has mental health problems.[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] He was released from prison in 2020 after serving four years for planning an attack. Prosecutor Jean-François Ricard said the suspect had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Paris attack near Eiffel Tower leaves one dead and two injured". BBC News. 2 December 2023. Archived from the original on 3 December 2023. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
- ^ a b c d Chris Liakos; Heather Chen; Mitchell McCluskey (3 December 2023). "One dead, two injured in Paris knife and hammer attack near Eiffel Tower". CNN. Archived from the original on 4 December 2023. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
- ^ "Attaque à Paris : trois jours après, la mère du terroriste dit renier son fils". Le Figaro (in French). 5 December 2023. Archived from the original on 5 December 2023. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
- ^ "JORF n° 0069 du 22 mars 2002 - Légifrance" (PDF). legifrance.gouv.fr (in French). p. 5141. Archived from the original on 3 December 2023. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
- ^ a b "Attaque à Paris : le terroriste Armand Rajabpour-Miyandoab se prénommait Iman jusqu'en 2003". Le Figaro (in French). 3 December 2023. Archived from the original on 4 December 2023. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
External links
[edit]- "Le Sénat adopte un texte permettant la rétention de sûreté des terroristes". Le Monde.fr (in French). 31 January 2024. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
- "Attentats : « La radicalisation religieuse est-elle vraiment religieuse ? »". La Croix (in French). 5 January 2024. ISSN 0242-6056. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
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