Paris stabbing suspect had been in contact with people tied to the Salafist strain of Islam, France’s antiterrorist prosecutor said
The 45-year-old man, who had ties to the Salafist fundamentalist movement of Islam, purchased two knives at nearby store at lunchtime, antiterrorist prosecutor saysPARIS—The police employee who stabbed to death four colleagues in a suspected terrorist attack at Paris police headquarters on Thursday appeared to have calmly planned his assault and been in contact with people tied to the Salafist fundamentalist movement of Islam, France’s antiterrorist prosecutor said Saturday.
The attacker, a 45-year-old man who worked in an intelligence office at the police headquarters, also exchanged 33 religious text messages with his 38-year-old wife—including the phrase “Allahu akbar”—before leaving...
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