Paris stabbing attack leaves 1 dead; suspect arrested

A stabbing assault in Paris left one individual useless and two others wounded Saturday night, French authorities mentioned. The suspect has been arrested.

“Law enforcement officials have simply bravely arrested an attacker going after passers-by in Paris, across the Quai de Grenelle,” French Inside Minister Gerald Darmanin wrote on social media.

The person killed within the assault was a German vacationer, Darmanin informed reporters on the scene.

“A person attacked a pair who have been overseas vacationers,” Darmanin mentioned. “A German vacationer who was born within the Philippines died from the stabbing.”

The Paris prosecutor’s workplace mentioned the attacker is French, was born in 1997 and has been arrested in an investigation into homicide and tried homicide. French anti-terror prosecutors mentioned they might examine the killing.

The suspect had already been sentenced in 2016 to 4 years in jail for planning one other assault, Darmanin added. At the moment, he had been arrested by the French nationwide safety company earlier than finishing up the act, the minister mentioned.