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2023 Paris attack
The Pont de Bir-Hakeim in 2018.
Locationnear Pont de Bir-Hakeim in Paris, France
Date2 December 2023; 3 months ago (2023-12-02)
Just before 21:00 (CET (UTC+01:00))
WeaponsKnife and hammer
Deaths1
Injured2
MotiveIslamic extremism
AccusedArmand Rajabpour-Miyandoab

On 2 December 2023, a French man of Iranian origin carried out a knife and hammer attack against three people near Pont de Bir-Hakeim in Paris, France, killing one of them.[1]

Attack

On Quai de Grenelle in the 15th arrondissement of Paris, just before 21:00 CET (20:00 GMT) on 2 December 2023, a man attacked three people using a knife and hammer as he allegedly shouted Allahu Akbar.[1] One victim was killed.[1]

Reaction

Police tasered the suspect near the scene[2] and arrested him for premeditated murder and terrorist-motivated attempted murder.[1] President Emmanuel Macron described it as a terrorist attack.[1]

Victims

The fatally attacked victim was a young man who was a tourist from the Philippines, who had immigrated to Germany.[1] He was a nurse who was a naturalised German citizen.[1] The surviving victims are a Frenchman aged around 60 and a 66-year-old British tourist.[1][2]

Suspect

The suspect is Armand Rajabpour-Miyandoabis, a 26-year-old man who has mental health problems.[1][2] He was born in France in 1997 to Iranian parents who fled the Iranian Revolution in 1979.[1][2][3] He acquired French nationality on 20 March 2002, through the collective effet of his parents' naturalization.[4][5] His birth first name was Iman, but it was changed in 2003.[5] He was released from prison in 2020 after serving four years for planning an attack. He has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Paris attack near Eiffel Tower leaves one dead and two injured
  2. ^ a b c d Chris Liakos; Heather Chen; Mitchell McCluskey (3 December 2023). "One dead, two injured in Paris knife and hammer attack near Eiffel Tower". CNN. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
  3. ^ "Attaque à Paris : trois jours après, la mère du terroriste dit renier son fils". Le Figaro (in French). 5 December 2023. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  4. ^ "JORF n° 0069 du 22 mars 2002 - Légifrance" (PDF). legifrance.gouv.fr (in French). p. 5141. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
  5. ^ a b "Attaque à Paris : le terroriste Armand Rajabpour-Miyandoab se prénommait Iman jusqu'en 2003". Le Figaro (in French). 3 December 2023. Retrieved 4 December 2023.

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