The German Interior Minister on Sunday denounced an “abominable crime” a day after the knife attack near the Eiffel Tower, during which a German-Filipino tourist was murdered by a Frenchman known for radical Islam and suffering from psychiatric disorders.
“The Islamist knife attack on a young man at the Eiffel Tower in Paris is an abhorrent crime. Our thoughts are with the family and friends of the person killed, as well as others injured in this horrible act,” said Nancy Faeser. , during an interview with the Funke media group.
“Germany fights side by side with France against Islamist terrorism. Our security services work in close collaboration,” added the minister.
A 23-year-old German-Filipino tourist was killed on Saturday afternoon by a French attacker, a radical Islamist suffering from psychiatric disorders, armed with a knife and a hammer, who also injured two people.
An “acute and serious” threat
The attacker, Armand Rajabpour-Miyandoab, born in 1997 to Iranian parents, was arrested shortly after the incident and taken into police custody. Known for his radical Islam and his psychiatric disorders, the attacker shouted “Allah Akbar” at the time of the incident, according to a police source. Three other members of his family were also arrested early Sunday afternoon.
“This brutal act of violence demonstrates how acute and serious the threat of Islamist terrorism is,” said Nancy Faeser.
“The war in Gaza following the Hamas terrorist act aggravates the threat. We are seeing more and more calls for attacks on the jihadist spectrum,” he added, fearing “the risk of further (…) radicalization of the perpetrators of Islamist violence.” “. “
“Real danger” of attack in Germany
For his part, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz also reacted to the attack early Sunday afternoon, stating that he was “shocked by the terrorist attack” perpetrated in Paris.
“The reasons why we resolutely oppose hate and terror are becoming even clearer,” he wrote.
German authorities have periodically expressed their fear of an importation of the conflict into their country since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip, triggered by the bloody attack by the Palestinian Islamist movement on October 7 on Israeli soil. the Gaza Strip.
German internal intelligence services warned at the end of November of a “real danger” and that “it has not been this high for a long time” in terms of the risks of attacks on its soil.
Source: BFM TV
