A knife attack in Paris named terrorist act

Friday evening, police released a 33-year-old Algerian who witnessed and had <x0 thought of attacker” after investigators confirmed his claims.

By Saturday morning, seven people were detained in connection with Friday's attack, including the suspect as the author of the attack.

The attacker was identified as an 18-year-old man from Pakistan who had arrived in France three years earlier as an unaccompanied minor.

French authorities launched an investigation into terrorism following Friday's attack.

In an interview with the television station “France 2”, the country's Breenable Minister Gerald Darman said the attack was, “clinely an act of Islamic terrorism”.

“in a visible way was the method of an Islamic terrorist. There is no doubt that this is a new bloody attack against our country, against journalists, against our society”, said Mr. Darman.

French anti-terrorism prosecutor Jean-Francois Richard said the suspected author had been arrested along with another individual not far from where the attack occurred.

Richard said the attacker had not recognised the victims, a woman and a man from a documentary production company who were smoking during a break. The motive for the attack is not yet clear and if he had any connection to the satirical magazine “Charlie Hebdo”.

Islamic militants attacked the offices of the magazine “Charlie Hebdo” in 2015, killing 12 people. Meanwhile, a trial of terrorism is under way in Paris against 14 individuals charged as accomplices in that attack.

The magazine “Charlie Hebdo” angered many Muslims by publishing the Caricature of Prophet Muhammad, and prior to the beginning of the trial, the magazine reprinted some of those cartoons.

Last week, police removed the head of the magazine's human resources from her home, as she was the target of death threats about the start of the trial. /voa