Interior Minister announces: knife attack on journalists in Paris "clearly an Islamist terrorist act"

A knife attack was carried out near the former editorial offices of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.

Two people were injured.

• A knife attack was carried out in Paris on Friday afternoon (September 25th).

• The act took place near the former premises of the satirical magazine "Charlie Hebdo".

  There was an Islamist terrorist attack on the editorial team there in January 2015

• France's Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin spoke of a clear Islamist terroact.

Update from September 25th, 8:55 pm:

The

on two journalists near the former editorial offices of the satirical newspaper "

" was "clearly an Islamist

".

The French interior minister Gérald Darmanin told the television channel France 2. The 37-year-old described the attack as "a new bloody

on our country". There is still

no

further information about the perpetrators or victims.

Paris: Two injuries after knife attack - main offender probably only 18 years old

Update from September 25, 7:55 p.m.:

The main suspect who

is said to have attacked

two

with a

on Friday morning

is information from n-tv about an 18-year-old who

is said to be known to

the

for other offenses.

According to initial findings, the suspect is said to have been born in Pakistan.

The 18-year-old, who is

suspected

by the

as the

, was arrested shortly after the

along with a 33-year-old potential accomplice.

The police were unable to make a statement on Friday evening about a possible relationship with the main suspect.

Paris: Victim of knife attack involved in documentary about "Charlie Hebdo" c

It was also announced that the injured

for the production company "Premierères Lignes", which, among other things, produced a documentary about the terrorist attacks on the editorial staff of

in 2015.

Paris: knife attack near the old "Charlie Hebdo" office - two perpetrators arrested

Original message from September 25th:

Paris

- At

least two people were injured in

a

near the former

- they were receiving treatment, but are currently no longer in mortal danger.

The

reports

.

At first, four injuries were reported.

Apparently an employee of the production company Premières Lignes, which among other things works for the channel

, fell victim to the attack.

You are said to have just taken a smoking break.

The France correspondents of the news channel

reported that the attack might

have been carried out

with a

.

Meanwhile, the anti-terror prosecutor is investigating.

France's

said that an emergency meeting had been called.

Two alleged perpetrators were on the run, the

prefecture had initially announced on Friday.

Apparently, the police were able to arrest a suspect at noon.

Shortly thereafter, the prefecture spoke of a "lone perpetrator". Nonetheless, a

in the Richard-Lenoir metro station near the crime scene

, according to several French media outlets on Friday.

Knife attack in Paris near the former Charlie Hebdo offices - was it an attack?

The police have asked the population

to avoid

the area around the alleged

, as reported by the newspaper

online.

A

had been mobilized.

Several schools in close proximity were closed as a precaution.

Thousands of students in three districts in the center of Paris are not allowed to leave their school for the time being, the district mayor Ariel Weil told the AFP news agency

The crime is reported to have occurred near a place where the victims of the attack on Charlie Hebdo workers five years ago are being commemorated.

Castex spoke of a "symbolic place". Whether it is another act of terrorism is currently unclear. A

discovered

near the building

, the prefecture said. The authorities estimate the

continues to be very high

.

Intervention de police en cours section Richard Lenoir à # Paris11.

Évitez le secteur.

- Préfecture de Police (@prefpolice) September 25, 2020

In an attack on the editorial staff of the satirical newspaper in January 2015, twelve people were killed;

Since September there has been a trial against alleged helpers of the Islamist attackers.

Charlie Hebdo: Terror trial is ongoing - Al-Qaeda threatened an attack after another caricature was reprinted

The terrorism process surrounding the bloody Islamist attack on "Charlie Hebdo" has been going on in Paris since the beginning of the month.

At the beginning of the trial, the satirical newspaper had

reprinted

the

, which had made it a target for

at the time

.

Then the threatened

with a

.

In addition, the personnel manager of the satirical newspaper had to be taken to a safe place by the police after death threats.

14 people are charged.

A total of

been

in

the several-day series of attacks

.

The attacks not only hit the editorial staff of “Charlie Hebdo”, but also a kosher supermarket in Paris.

The three perpetrators were shot dead by security forces.

You can find out more about the background to the satirical magazine in this text at

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