A man who attacked a police officer yesterday near the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris claims to be connected to the extremist Islamic State.
His family said they were shocked, while officials said he was unknown to intelligence services, AFP reported.
Today, a video appeared showing him attacking a police officer.
France launched an anti-terrorist investigation into the attack yesterday.
Interior Minister Gerard Collomb said the attacker shouted "This is for Syria".
Colomb also said that the identity documents of the attacker stated that he was a student from Algeria.
According to reports, the incident occurred when a man attacked a policeman with a hammer in front of the cathedral, after which the policemen responded by shooting and wounding the assailant in the chest, Reuters reported.
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