One person has been killed and three police officers injured in a knife attack in the eastern French city of Mulhouse.
Gatekeepers News reports that a 37-year-old Algerian man was arrested at the scene.
The prosecutor has launched a terrorist investigation because the suspect reportedly shouted “Allahu Akbar”, or “God is great”.
Two police officers were seriously injured; one in the neck and one in the chest and a 69-year-old Portuguese man who tried to intervene was fatally stabbed.
According to the local prosecutor; the suspect was subject to a deportation order because he was on a terrorism watch list.
French President Emmanuel Macron who expressed his condolences to the family of the victim declared the attack as “an Islamist terrorist attack”.
He added, “I want to reiterate the determination of the government, and mine, to continue the work to eradicate terrorism on our soil.”
The incident took place at a demonstration in support of Democratic Republic of Congo, where the police officers were on patrol.
