Paris Knife Attacker Suspect Says Wanted to Go After Charlie Hebdo: Report

Police officers stand by a knife, seen on the ground, in Paris, Friday, Sept. 25, 2020.(Image: Soufian Fezzani Via AP)

The suspected attacker was from Pakistan and arrived in France three years ago as an unaccompanied minor, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said.

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  • Last Updated: September 26, 2020, 6:09 PM IST

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The man believed to have attacked and wounded two people with a meat cleaver on Friday is cooperating with the police and said he had targeted weekly satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, a police source told Reuters.

The attack took place in front of a building where Islamist militants gunned down employees of Charlie Hebdo in 2015 because of the…

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