Tourist Stabbed to Death by Terrorist Targeting Passersby in Paris

The attacker reportedly told police he was distressed about Muslims dying in Afghanistan and Palestine.

French gendarmes patrol the Trocadero plaza near the Eiffel Tower after a man targeted passersbys late saturday, killing a German tourist with a knife and injuring two others in Paris on Dec. 3, 2023. Christophe Ena/AP Photo

A German tourist has been killed and another two injured by an assailant who attacked passersby with a knife near the Eiffel Tower in Paris, French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on Saturday.

“The police have just courageously arrested an assailant attacking passersby in Paris, around the Quai de Grenelle,” Mr. Darmanin stated on X (formerly known as Twitter). “Please avoid the area.”