Terror in France
Man stabs people at a market – one dead
Just a few days after Villach, the next deadly knife attack shocks Europe! In Mulhouse, France, near the border with Germany, a 37-year-old Algerian stabbed people at a market on Saturday afternoon. A 69-year-old passer-by from Portugal was killed. President Emmanuel Macron spoke of an "act of terror".
At least seven other people were injured, reported the French newspaper "L'Alsace". The injured were parking lot attendants and police officers.
Perpetrator arrested
The suspected perpetrator was armed with a knife and screwdriver, was overpowered around ten minutes after the attack began and was subsequently arrested. According to "Le Parisien", the 37-year-old attacker is said to have shouted "Allahu akbar" during the attack. The anti-terrorism prosecutor's office has taken over the investigation.
Deportation attempts failed several times
The Algerian is said to have psychological problems, was known to the police and is also said to be registered in the French terror database. The man had been refused a residence permit for glorifying terrorism - he should have already been deported. However, Algeria did not take the man back.
Most recently, he should have been in a kind of house arrest and should have reported to the police every day. However, he did not do so on Saturday.
Interior Minister wants "consequences"
Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau is calling for "consequences" and a "tougher approach" (see video above). He wants to take a tougher line and is threatening Algeria with tightening visa rules and abolishing certain special rights for people from the former French colony.
In future, he wants to detain dangerous people who are obliged to leave the country not only for a limited period of time, but until they are deported, as he said after the attack in the city of 100,000 inhabitants.
Macron: "Islamist act of terrorism"
French President Macron described the attack as an "Islamist act of terrorism of which there is no doubt". He also expressed the "solidarity of the nation" to the victims' families.
The mayor of Mulhouse wrote on Facebook on Saturday evening: "The horror has gripped our city." She also expressed her condolences to the victims and their families.
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