French authorities detained 4 after a sting associated with Islamic extremism – National

Four people were detained on Sunday after a Deadly sting in the East France that the authorities are associated with Islamic extremism, according to the national prosecutor against terrorism.

The Portuguese was killed in Saturday’s attack in Mulhouse, near the border with Germany. Seven police officers were wounded, including parking control agent, hospitalized with serious injuries, the prosecution said.

Those detained include the suspect’s attacker, a 37-year-old Algerian man identified by prosecutors as Brahim A. The Minister of the Interior described him as an Islamic extremist with a schizophrenic profile. Two members of the suspect’s family and the person who placed him were also detained, the prosecution said.

French President Emmanuel Macron said the Government has a “complete determination” to respond to the attack, for which he blamed “Islamist terrorism.” France was on high standby for extremist threats.

The suspect repeatedly said, “Allah Akbar” – “God is great” in Arabic – during the attack, the prosecutor said. He was armed with a knife and a screwdriver.

The suspect arrived in France without paper in 2014, and was arrested and convicted of celebrating terrorism after October 7, 2023, Hamas’s attack on Israel, interior minister Bruno Retailleu told reporters on Saturday night. Police experts have discovered a schizophrenic profile ″ in the suspect, he added.

After a few months in prison for this belief, the suspect was closed in custody while the authorities sought to expel to Algeria. Retailleau criticized Algeria for resisting the return of criminals that France wants to deport.

The French government will convene a special meeting on Wednesday on immigration after the attack, said Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot on Sunday. They will specifically study 19 countries “where we have the most difficulty in returning people without work,” Barrot said on the Radio of Europe-1.