A 22-year-old Afghan national was arrested in Bordeaux shortly before 2pm on Friday July 1. He is accused of entering a bar where construction work was being carried out and then taking a blunt-tipped knife with which he tried to stab a worker, according to police sources. When the victim then ran away, the attacker chased him and tried to strike several passers-by with the stabbing weapon, shouting “Allah Akhbar”. There were no injuries. The Afghan national, who is in the country illegally, is unknown in the law enforcement database (TAJ). He was taken into police custody and an investigation was opened.
On the same day, another person entered the entrance hall of the police station of Avignon, a commune in the Vaucluse department, and shouted the same words: “Allah Akhbar” in front of the police officers at the reception. After the crime, the 35-year-old man was taken into police custody and subsequently questioned by investigators. According to the newspaper Le Dauphiné, his behaviour was taken all the more seriously by the law enforcement officers because the person is being monitored particularly closely: He is listed in the S file and is considered a radical Islamist. However, he is also known for his psychiatric problems and does not take his medication very conscientiously. The case was closed without further action at the request of the representative of the public prosecutor’s office.
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