A knife-wielding man reportedly gunned down by the police after he killed his mother and sister and wounded a third person on the street in a Paris suburb.
The perpetrator later identified as 36-year-old taxi driver named Kamal S. was heard shouting "Allahu akbar" during the attack in Trappes. The man ran into a random house after attacking his victims before coming out with a knife in his hand, at which point he was shot by police.
Unverified reports say the man threatened to kill police and shouted "Allahu Akbar" before he was shot and killed in self defense.
Kamal S. had been on a terror watch-list since 2016 and terrorist organisation, ISIS, has claimed responsibility for the gruesome attack. But French Interior Minister GĂ©rard Collomb said the incident was not currently being treated as a terror attack.
Speaking in the south-western suburb of Trappes where the incident took place, Mr Collomb said the attacker appeared to have had "significant psychiatric problems". He said the man had been known to police for expressing extremist views, but was "unstable" and "not someone who could respond to instructions from a terrorist group".
The perpetrator later identified as 36-year-old taxi driver named Kamal S. was heard shouting "Allahu akbar" during the attack in Trappes. The man ran into a random house after attacking his victims before coming out with a knife in his hand, at which point he was shot by police.
Unverified reports say the man threatened to kill police and shouted "Allahu Akbar" before he was shot and killed in self defense.
Kamal S. had been on a terror watch-list since 2016 and terrorist organisation, ISIS, has claimed responsibility for the gruesome attack. But French Interior Minister GĂ©rard Collomb said the incident was not currently being treated as a terror attack.
Speaking in the south-western suburb of Trappes where the incident took place, Mr Collomb said the attacker appeared to have had "significant psychiatric problems". He said the man had been known to police for expressing extremist views, but was "unstable" and "not someone who could respond to instructions from a terrorist group".
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