One dead, two officers injured in Islamist knife attack in Mulhouse
One dead, two officers injured in Islamist knife attack in Mulhouse

One dead, two officers injured in Islamist knife attack in Mulhouse

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A knife attack in Mulhouse, eastern France, on Saturday left one dead and two police officers seriously injured, with President Emmanuel Macron labeling it an 'Islamist terror act'. The attack was perpetrated by a 37-year-old Algerian man on a terror prevention watchlist, who shouted 'Allahu Akbar' during the incident, which occurred during a demonstration. A civilian, a 69-year-old Portuguese national, was fatally wounded while attempting to intervene. Macron expressed the government's determination to combat terrorism and extended condolences to the victims' families. The national anti-terror prosecutors unit has taken charge of the investigation, which is being treated as terrorism-related murder and attempted murder. Local authorities confirmed that the suspect was under judicial supervision and facing a deportation order at the time of the attack.

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