Four people were in detention Sunday after a Mortal beads in the east France That the authorities are linked to Islamic extremism, according to the office of the national anti -terrorist prosecutor.
A Portuguese was killed during the attack on Saturday in the city of Mulhouse, near the border with Germany. Seven police officers were injured, including a parking agent hospitalized with serious injuries, said the prosecutor’s office.
Those detained include the alleged aggressor, a 37 -year -old Algerian man identified by prosecutors as Brahim A. The Minister of the Interior described him as an Islamic extremist with a schizophrenic profile. Two of the suspect’s family members and a person who filed him were also detained, said the prosecutor’s office.
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French President Emmanuel Macron said the government had “total determination” to respond to the attack, which he blamed for “Islamist terrorism”. France has been in a state of extremist threats.
The suspect said on several occasions “Allahu Akbar” – “God is great” in Arabic – during the attack, said the prosecutor. He was armed with a knife and a screwdriver.
The suspect arrived in France undocumented in 2014 and was arrested and found guilty of having glorified terrorism following October 7, 2023, the Minister of the Interior said on Saturday evening, the Interior Minister, the Minister of the Interior, Bruno Retailleau. Police experts had “detected a schizophrenic profile” in the suspect, he added.
After several months in prison for this conviction, the suspect was confined to the residence interviewed while the authorities sought to expel him in Algeria. Retailleau criticized Algeria for resisting the return of criminals that France seeks to expel.
The French government will convene a special meeting on immigration on Wednesday as a result of the attack, the Minister of Foreign Affairs said on Sunday, Jean-Noel Barrot. They will study in particular 19 countries “where we have the most difficulty turning out of the undocumented people,” said Barrot on Radio Europe-1.
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