Today, Saturday the 25th of January 2025, a 32-year-old man known to the police attacked a customer in a supermarket in Apt (Vaucluse) and shouted ‘Allah Akbar’, as Valeurs actuelles has learned from police sources. He was overpowered by a security guard.
A violent attack took place in a supermarket in Apt (Vaucluse) on Saturday the 25th of January shortly after 6pm, as Valeurs actuelles learned from police sources. A man armed with a kitchen knife entered the supermarket and shouted ‘Allah Akbar’. He immediately approached a customer at a checkout and attacked him, stabbing him in the ear, followed by several punches. The attacker was quickly incapacitated by the security guard present at the scene.
The attacker, identified by police forces as Mehdi B., is a 32-year-old man who was born in Apt on the 12th of July 1992 and is well known to the police. He is recorded in the file for the prevention of radicalisation with a terrorist background (FSPRT) and is also listed in the criminal history record (TAJ) for 16 offences, including acts of violence, forming a criminal organisation and manufacturing explosives.
The victim, a customer whose identity was not released, was quickly attended to by emergency personnel. He suffered an injury to his ear, but according to initial information, his life was not in danger.
The local authorities have launched an investigation to determine the exact circumstances of the attack and the attacker’s motives. At this stage, the investigators have not ruled out any of the possible backgrounds.