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A man attacks a customer of a supermarket in with a knife, the anti-terrorist prosecution seizes

The events took place around 6 p.m.: a man entered a supermarket armed with a knife shouting “Allah Akbar”, according to two sources close to the case.

He then walked towards a customer at the checkouts and stabbed him, according to one of these sources.

The customer was “touched in the face” and beaten, according to the other close source. A security guard was also injured during a “scuffle to control the assailant”, added this source.

Their vital prognosis is not engaged“, specified the Pnat.

Of French nationality, the attacker, aged 32, has a criminal record for violence, criminal conspiracy and the manufacture of explosives and is included in the File of reports for the prevention of radicalization of a terrorist nature (FSPRT), said a close sources.

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He was placed in police custody, according to the Pnat, which opened an investigation for “attempted assassinations in connection with a terrorist enterprise, terrorist criminal conspiracy with a view to crimes of personal injury“.

The investigations were entrusted to the anti-terrorist sub-directorate (Sdat), the zonal directorate of the South-East national police and the general directorate of internal security.

During the solemn opening of the judicial court on Tuesday, the anti-terrorism prosecutor, Olivier Christen, stressed that “the absence of deaths as a result of a terrorist action in 2024 in did not (reflect) a reduction in the terrorist risk“, recalling that nine attacks were foiled last year in the territory.

In 2024, 85 preliminary investigations were opened by the Pnat, including 66 “for jihadist litigation alone, an increase of 70% compared to 2023“, noted Mr. Christen.

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