A 37-year-old man, who has a police record marked "terrorism risk", is suspected of killing one person with a knife and seriously injuring two municipal police officers at the end of a rally in Mulhouse, eastern France, today.
The suspect has a file marked "risk of terrorist radicalization," said prosecutor Nikola Ets, who visited the scene.
The officers were stabbed in the carotid artery and chest, the prosecutor said, adding that three other municipal police officers were slightly injured.
Interior Minister Bruno Retajo is expected on site during the evening.
The attack occurred around 16 p.m. on the sidelines of a rally in support of the Democratic Republic of Congo, which is facing an offensive by the M23 armed movement, which is supported by Rwanda.
According to local sources, the suspect, who was born in Algeria, had previously been ordered to leave French territory and was under judicial supervision, under house arrest.
French President Emmanuel Macron reacted by saying there was no doubt that it was a "terrorist and Islamist attack" and added that the Interior Minister would provide more details later in the evening.
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