Federal prosecutor opens investigation after Paris knife attack

Federal prosecutor opens investigation after Paris knife attack

According to French investigators, a 26-year-old man attacked a small group of Filipino tourists with a hammer and a knife near the Eiffel Tower on Saturday evening. When a cab driver tried to intervene, he shouted "Allah is great".

A 23-year-old man, who has German and Filipino citizenship, succumbed to his injuries. The two other tourists, including the partner of the man who was killed, were physically unharmed but were in shock.

The 26-year-old is in police custody. As the French anti-terrorism prosecutor's office announced on Sunday evening, he declared his allegiance to the jihadist militia Islamic State (IS) in a video.

The French public prosecutor's office is now investigating him for murder with a terrorist background. Der Spiegel first reported on the investigations by the federal prosecutor's office.

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1. The attack near the Eiffel Tower was directed towards a group of Filipino tourists, resulting in a fatal knife attack on a 23-year-old man with dual German and Filipino citizenship.
2. The investigation procedure into this knife attack is being handled by the French public prosecutor's office, with additional involvement from the federal prosecutor's office in Germany, according to Der Spiegel.
3. The suspect, a 26-year-old man, declared his allegiance to the Islamic State (IS) in a video while in police custody, which has further complicated the terror background investigation of the knife attack in Paris.
4. Witnesses reported that the attacker shouted "Allah is great" during the incident, raising concerns about a potential terrorist motive for the knife attack near the iconic Eiffel Tower.

Source: www.stern.de