France knife attack kills 1, injures at least 2 in what Macron calls terrorism – National

A knife attack on Saturday in Eastern France One person left and at least two others injured, said authorities, in violence lying down as Islamic extremism by President Emmanuel Macron.

A 37-year-old Algerian man was arrested, silly chargers. The attack occurred in the French city Mulhouse at a covered channel page. The area borders Germany and Switzerland.

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The French-terrorism prosecutor of the terrorism said it has covered the investigation. Macron said that the perpetrator was an Islamic extremist, add the government “complete determination” to respond to the attack.

France has been at high alert for extremist threats. Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau was to the scene of the attack on Saturday night.

The victim was a 39-year-old portuguese man, the office of Anti-terrorism said office. Those injured were police officers that intersect.

The defendant had been on a list of people flag for radicalism, the regional prosecutor said.

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