A knife attack on Saturday in eastern France left one person dead and not less than two others wounded, authorities said, in violence labeled as Islamic extremism by President Emmanuel Macron.
A 37-year-old Algerian man was arrested, prosecutors said. The attack occurred within the French city of Mulhouse near a covered canal-side market. The realm borders Germany and Switzerland.
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The French anti-terrorism prosecutor’s office said that it’s handling the investigation. Macron said that the perpetrator was an Islamic extremist, adding that the federal government has “complete determination” to reply to the attack.
France has been on high alert for extremist threats. Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau was heading to the scene of the attack on Saturday night.
The victim was a 69-year-old Portuguese man, the anti-terrorism prosecutor’s office said. Those wounded were law enforcement officials who intervened.
The suspect had been on an inventory of individuals flagged for radicalism, the regional prosecutor said.
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