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Prosecutor: Paris attacker pledged allegiance to jihadist militia IS in video

The 26-year-old who stabbed a German tourist to death in Paris and injured two other people has pledged allegiance to the jihadist militia Islamic State (IS) in a video. He had published it on the online service X (formerly Twitter), from an account set up in October, on which he had published...

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Prosecutor: Paris attacker pledged allegiance to jihadist militia IS in video

The perpetrator's mother had also informed the authorities in October that she was worried about her son's condition, as he was becoming very withdrawn. "However, there were no grounds for criminal prosecution," said public prosecutor Jean-François Ricard.

The perpetrator, who was born in France, came from a non-religious Iranian family. He had converted and turned to jihadist ideology, the prosecutor explained. He had already been imprisoned for four years for preparing an attack and had massive psychological problems.

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Source: www.stern.de

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