One Killed in Paris Knife Attack by Man Shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’

One Killed in Paris Knife Attack by Man Shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’
Police guard the scene of a knife attack in Paris, France May 12, 2018 in this still image obtained from a video. Reuters/Reuters TV
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PARIS — An assailant shouting “Allahu Akbar” killed a passer-by in a knife attack that also wounded four others in the heart of Paris late on Saturday, May 12, before he was shot dead by police, French authorities said.

The assailant, who has not yet been named, was born in 1997 in Chechnya, a judicial source said on Sunday. The father and mother of the attacker are being held for questioning by French police, the source said.