A passerby was stabbed to death and three police officers injured Saturday near a crowded market in eastern France.
An Algerian man identified as an Islamic extremist with a schizophrenic profile was detained in the attack, the interior minister said.
France’s national anti-terrorism prosecutor’s office took over the investigation. The attack happened in the city of Mulhouse, located in a region that borders Germany and Switzerland.
Macron said the government has “complete determination” to respond to the attack, which he blamed on ‘’Islamist terrorism.’’ France has been on high alert for extremist threats.
The victim was a 69-year-old Portuguese man, the anti-terrorism prosecutor’s office said. The three injured included a parking control officer stabbed in the aorta and torso who remained hospitalized, Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau told reporters at the scene. The other two sustained lighter injuries.
( Source: AP)
