A man wielding a machete and shouting “Allahu akhbar” has been shot after attacking a soldier outside the Louvre in Paris, police say.
Security forces evacuated an area around the museum in central Paris on Friday morning after a man was shot when he pulled out a weapon and tried to attack an army patrol.
A French soldier opened fire on and wounded the man, who was reportedly trying to enter the Carrousel du Louvre, a shopping mall beneath the museum.
The Sun has the story here as well.
UPDATE: The attacker’s name is given as 29 year old, Abdullah A-H. in the French video below. It should be noted that the name Abdullah means “Slave of Allah”.
H/T M.
Given the Islamic hatred for art and history I am surprised this hasn’t happened before.
“French newspaper Le Parisien has since reported that police found paint bombs in the attacker’s backpack.”
paint bombs? The Louvre? PAINT BOMBS?
Link please!!
on the Daily Mail :
The suspect’s rucksack was searched, but there was no sign of any explosives.
Authorities did, however, discover paint bombs in his bag, Le Figaro reports.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4187460/Lovre-evacuated-Paris.html
Abdallah E-H.
29 y o Egyptian .
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Abdallah E-H. était arrivé à Paris le 26 janvier 2017 à l’aéroport de Roissy-Charles de Gaulle grâce à un vol en provenance de Dubaï, aux Emirats arabes unis, pays depuis lequel il avait fait à l’automne 2016 une demande de visa – acceptée – pour la France.
Il avait réservé un vol retour au départ de Roissy direction Dubaï pour ce dimanche 5 février.
http://www.lci.fr/faits-divers/info-tf1-attentat-au-louvre-le-suspect-est-un-egyptien-age-de-29-ans-abdallah-e-h-2024658.html
I’ve read that on his twitter the terrorist quoted ayat 11 sura 9 from Quran, also on his twitter he had hadith from Abu Dawud Kitab al Jihad.