A man brandishing a knife in a street in the Borny district of Metz (Moselle) was injured this Sunday midday by police. There were no casualties.
According to information from the Parisian, the assailant was reported around midday by residents of the boulevard de Guyenne. Dressed in a djellaba and armed with a knife, he appeared to threaten passers-by with cries of "Allah Akbar". When a police unit arrived, he allegedly went to the officers, refusing to comply.
News Alert: #Metz, #France - A Knife wielding man who was threatening the public and the police while shouting "Allah Akbar" has been shot in the legs by the police .pic.twitter.com / veFe9YFjwi
- Shark NewsWires (@SharkNewsWires) January 5, 2020Four shots were then fired at the legs of the individual, who was then hospitalized. "His vital prognosis is not engaged," said another police source. As confirmed by the Metz public prosecutor, the 28-year-old man was already on file S and considered to be "radicalized".
Two days after the attack on Villejuif
Friday in Villejuif, a 22-year-old man, converted to Islam and suffering from psychiatric disorders, had killed a man and wounded two women with knives, already shouting "Allah Akbar". The latter had been killed by the police, and the national anti-terrorist prosecution had taken up the investigation.
In view of the profile of the assailant in Metz, the national anti-terrorist prosecution could also take up the case.