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Forensic police work at the scene of a stabbing in Paris on December 2, 2023. An attacker stabbed one man to death and wounded two others in Paris on December 2, reportedly shouting "Allahu Akbar" ("God is greatest") before being arrested, French police sources said. (Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP)
The 23-year-old tourist who was stabbed dead near the Eiffel Tower in Paris was a German-Filipino, the French Embassy in Manila said Monday.
"Yesterday in Paris, a terrorist attack happened and a man was stabbed to death. He was a tourist with German-Filipino nationality," said French Ambassador to the Philippines Marie Fontanel in a post on X (formerly Twitter).
"On behalf of the French government, I wish to address my deepest condolences to his family and relatives and to the Filipino and German people," Fontanel added.
According to the French anti-terrorist prosecutors, the attacker, French national Armand Rajabpour-Miyandoab, had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group in a video posted on social media.
The attack late Saturday came as France was at its highest alert level against the backdrop of the war between Israel and Hamas and following a series of apparent lone-wolf attacks in the country.
Shouting "Allahu Akbar" ("God is greatest"), Rajabpour-Miyandoab fled over the Bir Hakeim bridge across the river Seine after a taxi driver intervened.
Running into a police patrol on the other side, he claimed to be wearing an explosive belt before running again, striking two passersby — a 66-year-old British citizen and a 60-year-old French person — with a hammer.
The 23-year-old tourist who was stabbed dead near the Eiffel Tower in Paris was a German-Filipino, the French Embassy in Manila said Monday.
"Yesterday in Paris, a terrorist attack happened and a man was stabbed to death. He was a tourist with German-Filipino nationality," said French Ambassador to the Philippines Marie Fontanel in a post on X (formerly Twitter).
"On behalf of the French government, I wish to address my deepest condolences to his family and relatives and to the Filipino and German people," Fontanel added.
According to the French anti-terrorist prosecutors, the attacker, French national Armand Rajabpour-Miyandoab, had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group in a video posted on social media.
The attack late Saturday came as France was at its highest alert level against the backdrop of the war between Israel and Hamas and following a series of apparent lone-wolf attacks in the country.
Shouting "Allahu Akbar" ("God is greatest"), Rajabpour-Miyandoab fled over the Bir Hakeim bridge across the river Seine after a taxi driver intervened.
Running into a police patrol on the other side, he claimed to be wearing an explosive belt before running again, striking two passersby — a 66-year-old British citizen and a 60-year-old French person — with a hammer. With AFP
