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The French Interior Minister describes the attack in Paris as an “Islamic terrorist act”
French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said the attack that took place today in Paris near the building of the former newsroom of the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo was an “Islamic terrorist act” against France and against journalists.
“It is manifestly an act of Islamic terrorism. It is a new bloody attack against our country, against journalists,” the minister said tonight in a statement on France 2 television.
The official stated that the attacker arrived in France three years ago, as an unaccompanied minor, and is of Pakistani origin, but would not be identified as a radicalized youth.
“It was not an S record [identificado como possível radical islâmico pelas autoridades francesas], was not known for its radicalization. He was identified as carrying a pistol, apparently a screwdriver, but it was still smaller. It was the object of a wake-up call this time, ”explained the minister.
Given that the attack took place next to the building where the 2015 attacks on the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo’s newsroom took place, Darmanin said the area was “underestimated” in terms of security.
“I asked the mayor of police to tell us why the threat on this street was underestimated,” he clarified, since this attack occurs during the process of the attacks against Charlie Hebdo that has been taking place since September in the Paris Court.
Gérald Darmanin also said that security will be strengthened in synagogues due to the Yom Kippur celebrations, which take place on Sundays and Mondays.
Two journalists from the documentary production company PLTV, a man and a woman, were seriously injured in today’s attack, perpetrated next to the building that housed Charlie Hebdo’s newsroom during the January 2015 attack.
Two Islamic extremists killed 12 people in this attack on Charlie Hebdo, which moved the facility to an undisclosed location.
France’s counter-terrorism authorities have already detained at least seven people, following the investigation into today’s attack.
Five suspects, according to a judicial source cited by France-Presse (AFP), were arrested in the suburbs of Paris, the French capital, by elements of the police investigating terrorist activities, during a raid on one of the principal’s alleged homes suspect in the attack. , which had already been arrested.
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