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At least one person has been killed and two injured in the city of Mulhouse, according to TF1
At least one person has been killed and two others injured after an Algerian man went on a stabbing spree at a market in the French city of Mulhouse on Saturday afternoon, according to local media.
The events took place during a demonstration in support of Congo, where a security perimeter was set up, Le Figaro wrote.
The suspected attacker is a 37-year-old Algerian who was allegedly under an obligation to leave French territory as well as a judicial ten-year ban from the country, according to TF1, citing police sources.
“At the time of the events, the man was to come and sign his judicial control at the police station to verify his house arrest, which he refused,” TF1 reported.
Witnesses reportedly heard the phrase “Allahu Akbar” during the incident.
The suspect is also on a terror prevention watchlist, Le Figaro reported. The list, called FSPRT, gathers information from various agencies about individuals to help prevent “terrorist” radicalization. It was established in 2015 following the fatal attacks on the Charlie Hebdo offices and a Jewish supermarket.
Several municipal police officers who intervened to neutralize the attacker were also injured, Mulhouse mayor Michele Lutz has said in a Facebook post. “The terrorist lead seems to be favored for the moment. This must naturally be confirmed on the judicial level,” she wrote.
Lutz also expressed condolences to the victims’ families.
France’s national anti-terror prosecutors unit (PNAT) said it was taking charge of the investigation.
France’s national anti-terror prosecutors unit (PNAT) said it was taking charge of the investigation. The unit’s involvement means that “there is no doubt that this was an Islamist terrorist act,” French President Emmanuel Macron said on the sidelines of the Salon de l’Agriculture conference.
“I want to express here the nation’s solidarity with the family. The determination is complete and we will take all necessary action to respond to what happened,” Macron added, as quoted by Le Figaro.