{"id":12420,"date":"2023-12-03T13:10:50","date_gmt":"2023-12-03T13:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/03\/one-dead-two-injured-in-paris-knife-and-hammer-attack-near-eiffel-tower\/"},"modified":"2023-12-03T13:10:50","modified_gmt":"2023-12-03T13:10:50","slug":"one-dead-two-injured-in-paris-knife-and-hammer-attack-near-eiffel-tower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/03\/one-dead-two-injured-in-paris-knife-and-hammer-attack-near-eiffel-tower\/","title":{"rendered":"One dead, two injured in Paris knife and hammer attack near Eiffel Tower"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      French police have arrested a man suspected of killing one person and injuring two others in a knife and hammer attack in central\u00a0Paris.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      The attack took place at Bir Hakeim, near the Eiffel Tower, France\u2019s Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin\u00a0told reporters at the scene on Saturday night.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      He said that the man arrested was a French citizen previously known to intelligence services.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      One man \u2013 a German tourist born in the Philippines \u2013 was killed in the attack and two others sustained non-life threatening injuries, he added. One of those wounded was a British national, the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office said Sunday.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      One of the police officers responding to the scene used a taser to neutralize the attacker, Darmanin said. The suspect\u2019s life is not at risk, he added.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      \u201cAfter his arrest, he said he could no longer bear to see Muslims dying in both Afghanistan and Palestine,\u201d Darmanin said.  <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"subheader\">    Suspect was known to intelligence services<\/h2>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      Addressing reporters, Darmanin said that the suspect was born in France in 1997 and had\u00a0been sentenced to four years in prison back in 2016 for planning \u201cviolent action.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      The suspect\u00a0was known to intelligence services for having\u00a0\u201cserious psychiatric disorders,\u201d Darmanin added.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      The minister said he had been told by police that the attacker had reportedly shouted \u201cAllahu Akbar\u201d during the assault.  <\/p>\n<div class=\"map\">\n<div class=\"map__container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      French President Emmanuel Macron called the incident a terror attack and said France\u2019s anti-terrorism prosecutor\u2019s office would investigate.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      \u201cI send all my condolences to the family and loved ones of the German national who died this evening,\u201d Macron wrote in a post on X in the early hours of Sunday.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      He also thanked the French emergency services.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      \u201cThe national anti-terrorism prosecutor\u2019s office now will be responsible for shedding light on this matter so that justice can be done in the name of the French people,\u201d Macron wrote.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      Videos taken at the scene showed police cars, ambulances and the Paris\u00a0Fire Brigade arriving, with heavy traffic being diverted away. Numerous cordons were also set up.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      Members of the public have been advised to avoid the area.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      <em>This is a developing story and will be updated.<\/em>  <\/p>\n\n<div>This post appeared first on cnn.com<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>French police have arrested a man suspected of killing one person and injuring two others in a knife and hammer attack in central\u00a0Paris. The attack took place at Bir Hakeim, near the Eiffel Tower, France\u2019s Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin\u00a0told reporters at the scene on Saturday night. 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