Overview

• A 69-year-old Portuguese man was killed, and several municipal police officers were injured, including two seriously, in a knife attack in Mulhouse, France.
• The suspect, a 37-year-old Algerian man, reportedly shouted 'Allahu Akbar' during the attack and was apprehended at the scene.
• The attacker was on a French terrorism prevention watchlist and had previously been convicted of glorifying terrorism; deportation efforts had failed due to Algeria's refusal to accept him.
• President Emmanuel Macron condemned the incident as an 'Islamist terrorist act' and reaffirmed France’s commitment to combating terrorism.
• France's national anti-terrorism prosecutor's office is leading the investigation, focusing on charges of murder and attempted murder in connection with a terrorist enterprise.