The suspect detained by French police in the Paris knife attack incident near the former offices of Charlie Hebdo magazine admitted that the attack was carried out in the context of the republication of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed by the satirical weekly.
During questioning by the French police, he placed his actions “in the context of the republication of cartoons” of the Prophet Mohammed in Charlie Hebdo, a source said to AFP.
According to AFP, the suspect was born in Pakistan and is 18.
It is to be noted that the suspected assailant was arrested in June for carrying a weapon. Despite the recent arrest, he was not on the police radar as he had not been previously flagged for possible religious radicalisation.
Two people were injured in a knife attack in Paris on Friday. The man seriously injured them by attacking with a meat cleaver.
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