The killing of cops is investigated as terrorism

A knivangreb in police headquarters in Paris, where four employees were killed on Thursday, have been entrusted to the country’s special antiterroranklager.

It informs statsanklagemyndigheden in the French capital a day after the attack.

Knivangrebet happened on Thursday afternoon. After having killed four colleagues and wounded a fifth seriously, was the perpetrator shot and killed at a farm in politihovedkvarteret.

It was shortly after known, that the man, who was employed in the police, was converted to islam in the course of the past two years.

the Perpetrator’s wife says to her husband the night before the attack was disjointed and heard voices. He should have had a showdown with his superiors.

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Earlier Friday, had a spokeswoman for the government said that there were signs that the perpetrator was motivated by extremism.

– The fact that someone converts to islam, is not an automatic sign of radicalisation, said Sibeth Ndiaye, who is the spokesperson for the French government.

The 45-year-old perpetrator had worked in the police since 2003.

He was born on the French island of Martinique in the Caribbean, but moved to Paris many years ago. There had never previously been any problems with his behavior.

the police chief in Paris, Didier Lallement, said to reporters Friday afternoon that the police have not ruled out any theories about the attack.

the 112 – 3. oct. 2019 – at. 15:08 Attack at police station in Paris: Four cops killed

the Killings happened, the day before the police went on strike in many places in France to create awareness about increasing violence against the police.

It was a woman and three men, who were killed in the attack, which happened about 13 hours. It is three police officers and an administrative officer, who have lost their lives.

An interpreter, who was in the building during the attack, told Thursday on the panicky scenes inside the headquarters.

– People running around, and there was weeping everywhere. I heard a shot and thought that it was within. Seconds after I saw several police officers cry. They were in a panic, said Emery Siamandi.

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