TF1 reports at least one fatality and two injuries in Mulhouse.
Local media sources indicate that a stabbing attack in a Mulhouse market on Saturday afternoon, allegedly perpetrated by an Algerian man, resulted in at least one death and two injuries.
Le Figaro reports the incident occurred during a pro-Congo demonstration, within a secured area.
TF1, citing police sources, identifies the suspect as a 37-year-old Algerian national who was under an order to leave France and was also subject to a ten-year ban from the country.
“TF1 reports that the man was scheduled to sign in at the police station for judicial control related to his house arrest at the time of the incident, but he refused to do so,”
Eyewitness accounts claim the phrase “Allahu Akbar” was heard during the attack.
Le Figaro also notes that the suspect was on a terror prevention watchlist (FSPRT), which gathers information from various agencies to prevent “terrorist” radicalization, established in 2015 after the Charlie Hebdo and Jewish supermarket attacks.
Mulhouse Mayor Michele Lutz stated in a Facebook post that several municipal police officers were injured while subduing the attacker. “The terrorist angle is currently being prioritized, pending judicial confirmation,” she wrote.
Lutz also conveyed her condolences to the bereaved families.
France’s national anti-terror prosecutors unit (PNAT) has taken over the investigation.
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