A knife attack on Saturday in eastern France left a dead person and at least two other wounds, authorities said, in violence labeled as Islamic extremism by President Emmanuel Macron.
A 37 -year -old Algerian man was arrested, prosecutors said. The attack occurred in the French city of Mulhouse near a market covered on the side of the channel. The area limits with Germany and Switzerland.
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The French anti -terrorist prosecutor's office said he is handling the investigation. Macron said the author was an Islamic extremist, adding that the government has “complete determination” to respond to the attack.
France has been on maximum alert for extremist threats. Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau, headed to the attack scene on Saturday night.
The victim was a 69 -year -old Portuguese man, said the office of the anti -terrorism prosecutor. Those injured were police officers who intervened.
The suspect had been on a list of people marked by radicalism, said the regional prosecutor.
More to come.
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