4 Held as French Investigate Suspected Islamic Terrorist Attack Killing Policewoman Inside Station

Police officers block the access next to the Police station in Rambouillet, south west of Paris, on April 23, 2021, after a 49-year-old female officer was stabbed to death inside the station by an Islamic extremist, who was shot and killed by police at the scene. AP Photo/Michel Euler

RAMBOUILLET, France—French authorities detained a fourth person Saturday as anti-terrorism investigators questioned three others after a policewoman was fatally stabbed by man shouting “Allahu akbar!” while she was on duty inside a police station outside Paris.

French police killed the Tunisian suspect in the Friday slaying of an unarmed administrative employee at the entrance of her police station in the town of Rambouillet. The suspect’s father is among the four currently held, a judicial official said. A couple who had housed the suspect at one point and a member of his entourage, who was detained Saturday, also were being questioned.