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‘Islamists slogans’ reported as man kills police officer & takes his family hostage near Paris ‘Islamists slogans’ reported as man kills police officer & takes his family hostage near Paris
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A police raid in the Paris suburb commune of Magnanville has ended with the death of a hostage taker, who fatally stabbed a police officer near his house and then killed his wife. Reports claim the man was shouting Islamist slogans during the attack.A police raid in the Paris suburb commune of Magnanville has ended with the death of a hostage taker, who fatally stabbed a police officer near his house and then killed his wife. Reports claim the man was shouting Islamist slogans during the attack.
RAID special forces raided the premises and shot the stabber dead, Francetv info has reported, citing a French Interior Ministry spokesman. The officers discovered the body of a woman in the house and rescued a 3-year old boy.RAID special forces raided the premises and shot the stabber dead, Francetv info has reported, citing a French Interior Ministry spokesman. The officers discovered the body of a woman in the house and rescued a 3-year old boy.
The attacker shouted “Allah Akbar,” Le Parisien cited witnesses as saying.The attacker shouted “Allah Akbar,” Le Parisien cited witnesses as saying.
The female victim was “probably the partner of the commander, who herself was a police officer,” French Interior Ministry spokesman Pierre-Henry Brandet said. The decision to carry out the raid was made after negotiations failed, he confirmed.“Negotiations were opened, but it became clear that they would not succeed and police then entered the home, where they found the body of a woman,” Brandet said. Unconfirmed reports have emerged suggesting that the attacker might have links to Islamic State (IS, ISIS/ISIL).
The terror group’s “news agency,” Amaq News, cited a source claiming that the perpetrator was an IS “fighter,” SITE, a terror monitoring group, reported.
Reports on Twitter claimed that the attacker had sworn allegiance to the group.A self-described independent journalist, @Ibn_Sayyid, wrote that the assailant allegedly filmed the killings before sending the footage to “local contacts in Syria who posted it on Facebook.”
The female victim was “probably the partner of the commander, who herself was a police officer,” French Interior Ministry spokesman Pierre-Henry Brandet said.
The decision to carry out the raid was made after negotiations failed, he confirmed.“Negotiations were opened, but it became clear that they would not succeed and police then entered the home, where they found the body of a woman,” Brandet said.
The boy rescued in the course of the raid was “in shock but unharmed,” the spokesman said, as cited by AFP.The boy rescued in the course of the raid was “in shock but unharmed,” the spokesman said, as cited by AFP.
The attack began around 9 pm local time with the fatal stabbing of a plainclothes policeman, identified by French media as Jean-Baptiste Salvaing, 42, near his Magnanville home, AFP reported.The assailant, reportedly a neighbor, stabbed the police officer nine times in front of the house before taking his wife and son hostage, Le Parisian reported. The outlet said the victim was a deputy chief of the judicial police at the Les Mureaux police station.The attack began around 9 pm local time with the fatal stabbing of a plainclothes policeman, identified by French media as Jean-Baptiste Salvaing, 42, near his Magnanville home, AFP reported.The assailant, reportedly a neighbor, stabbed the police officer nine times in front of the house before taking his wife and son hostage, Le Parisian reported. The outlet said the victim was a deputy chief of the judicial police at the Les Mureaux police station.
Neighbors calling police claimed they heard the man chanting Islamist slogans, Reuters France reported.Elite Raid police units arrived on the scene at about 9:30 pm and cordoned off the area. An attempt to enter into negotiations with the attacker failed. The motive has yet to be determined.Neighbors calling police claimed they heard the man chanting Islamist slogans, Reuters France reported.Elite Raid police units arrived on the scene at about 9:30 pm and cordoned off the area. An attempt to enter into negotiations with the attacker failed. The motive has yet to be determined.
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