French Authorities: "Paris Stabbing Attack, Clear Islamic Terrorism"

French police are investigating the scene of a stabbing attack near the former headquarters of Charlie Hebdo, where 12 terror victims were killed in the past, on the 25th. [Image source=EPA Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy New York=Correspondent Baek Jong-min, International Department Reporter] On the 25th (local time), French judicial authorities arrested and are investigating five additional suspects in connection with the stabbing attack that occurred in downtown Paris, France. Authorities criticized it as a clear act of Islamist terrorism.

Earlier, about an hour after the incident, the police apprehended the suspect who wielded the weapon and fled, as well as a 33-year-old man of unidentified nationality who was with him at the scene, at different locations and handed them over to the anti-terrorism prosecutor's office.

Two victims injured by the suspect's knife were a man in his 30s and a woman, both reported to be in stable condition. The two were working at a nearby broadcasting station, Premi?re Ligne, and were attacked while smoking on the street.

G?rald Darmanin, Minister of the Interior, described the incident as a "clear act of Islamist terrorism" and called it "another brutal terrorist attack against our country and our journalists."

Minister Darmanin revealed that the suspect who wielded the weapon came alone from Pakistan to France three years ago and was not under terrorist surveillance.

The stabbing attack took place near the former office of the weekly magazine Charlie Hebdo, where 12 people were killed in a shooting attack in January 2015 after using the Islamic prophet Muhammad as a subject of caricature.

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