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2 Fatally Stabbed in Paris Suburb; ISIS Claims Responsibility Victims of Knife Attack Near Paris Were Assailant’s Relatives, Officials Say
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PARIS — A man fatally stabbed two people and seriously injured one more in a Paris suburb on Thursday, before being shot to death by the police, the authorities said. PARIS — A man who was on a terrorism watch list fatally stabbed his mother and sister, and seriously injured another person, in a Paris suburb on Thursday, before being shot to death by the police, the authorities said.
The Amaq News Agency, which is linked to the Islamic State, reported that a member of the militant group had carried out the attack in Trappes, according to SITE Intelligence Group, which tracks the group’s propaganda online. Quoting police sources, some French outlets reported that the assailant, who was known to the authorities, was on a terrorism watchlist. The Amaq News Agency, which is linked to the Islamic State, reported that a member of the militant group had carried out the knife attack in Trappes, according to SITE Intelligence Group, which tracks the group’s propaganda online.
But Interior Minister Gérard Collomb said the assailant “is more someone unstable rather than someone who would be following the instructions of terrorist organizations.” He described the attacker as having “important psychiatric problems.”
The attack took place in a residential area of Trappes, a working-class and ethnically diverse suburb southwest of Paris.The attack took place in a residential area of Trappes, a working-class and ethnically diverse suburb southwest of Paris.
On Twitter, Interior Minister Gérard Collomb praised the police reaction and called the attack a “tragedy.” Mr. Collomb told reporters in Trappes that the victims were the mother and the sister of the assailant, and that the attacker had been on a terrorism watch list.
Though there have not been any large-scale terrorist attacks in France this year, knife attacks have become more frequent. In May, a 20-year-old man stabbed five passers-by, one fatally, in a Parisian neighborhood before he was killed by the police. The attacker killed his sister and wounded another person, who was not a relative, on the street where his mother lived, and then entered his mother’s house and killed her there, Mr. Collomb said.
In October, an individual stabbed two women to death in front of the St.-Charles train station in Marseille. He praised the response of the police, who were alerted at 9:30 a.m., and called the attack a “tragedy.”
Trappes, a town southwest of Paris that has a reputation for insecurity and violence, has been plagued by unemployment — 20 percent, more than twice the national average. It has a large Muslim population, and it has produced soccer player Nicolas Anelka, and the popular comedian Omar Sy.
There have not been any large-scale attacks in France this year, but terrorism-related knife attacks have become more frequent. In May, a 20-year-old man stabbed five passers-by, one fatally, in a crowded Parisian neighborhood before he was killed by the police.
In October, an assailant stabbed two women to death in front of the St.-Charles train station in Marseille.