French soldier shoots, wounds machete-wielding attacker at Paris Louvre

[Elley Mae]

The attacker, who is thought to be aged 29 and living in the United Arab Emirates, is believed to have entered France legally on a flight from Dubai on January 26, a source said.

An Egyptian passport, thought to be the suspect's, was found during a search of an apartment in an expensive district of Paris near the Champs-Elysees.

Investigators are examining the Twitter account of an Egyptian man named Abdallah El Hamahmy after around a dozen messages were posted in Arabic between 9:27 am and 9:34 am, just minutes prior to the attack.

"In the name of Allah... for our brothers in Syria and fighters across the world," El Hamahmy wrote, before making reference to the Islamic State jihadist group in another tweet a minute later.

http://www.france24.com/en/20170204...re-suspect-tweeted-islamic-state-group-attack

 

[CARIIS]

I read this last night it was really basically sad.

A new weapon has now been introduced . Don't have the link


You know what was in this bags?

Spray paint.

Going into a museum, with spray paint - only has two intents.

One obvious (and awful) or a blowtorch

chilling....................................

 

[Elley Mae]

I read this last night it was really basically sad.

A new weapon has now been introduced . Don't have the link


You know what was in this bags?

Spray paint.

Going into a museum, with spray paint - only has two intents.

One obvious (and awful) or a blowtorch

chilling....................................

sad????

 

[Elley Mae]

Molins said the attacker was not carrying any identity papers but investigators used his cellphone and a national data base of visa applicants containing their photos and fingerprints to determine that he was a resident of the United Arab Emirates who arrived in Paris on a tourist visa on Jan. 26.

Two days later the suspect bought two military machetes at a gun store in Paris, the prosecutor said. He also paid 1,700 euros for a one-week stay at an apartment in the chic 8th arrondissement of the French capital, near the Champs-Elysees.


http://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2017-02-03/paris-police-soldier-opens-fire-outside-louvre

Waving two machetes over his head, the assailant lunged at the soldiers patrolling in the mall, shouting "Allahu Akbar!" or "God is great!" Molins said.

One soldier fought him off and was slightly injured in the scalp. Another soldier fell to the ground as the assailant tried to slash him, then opened fire, shooting the attacker in the stomach. When that didn't stop him, the soldier fired three more time, gravely wounding him. The backpack the man was carrying contained cans of spray paint, but no explosives, Molins said.


bbm

 

[Elley Mae]

An Egyptian interior ministry official confirmed to The AP Saturday the identity of the attacker as Egyptian-born Abdullah Reda Refaie al-Hamahmy, 28. The official said the initial investigation found no record of political activism, criminal activity or membership of any militant groups at home.


http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/0...ens-as-egypt-identifies-machete-attacker.html

Tweets about a trip from Dubai to Paris were sent from the Twitter profile of an Abdallah El-Hamahmy on Jan. 26. In the profile photo, the man is seen smiling and leaning against a wall in a blue and white sports jacket.

In another tweet, the user went on a tirade, posted: "No negotiation, no compromise, no letting up, certainly no climb down, relentless war."

 

[CARIIS]

I think his plan was to either destroy works of art or set fire to the place. moo

Who carries spray paint to a museum???

That's really pathetic ........................................................

 

[CARIIS]

sad????

Sad to want to destroy art

 

[CARIIS]

"His life is no longer in danger," an official said

His father, Reda al Refaai, told Reuters his son had been in France for work.

His father

was married with a seven-month-old child.
He said Hamamy had sent a picture of himself with the Eiffel tower in the background shortly before the incident at the Louvre took place.

declared fit to be interviewed after his condition improved and placed in formal detention,



http://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-shooting-idUSKBN15J0L6

http://news.sky.com/story/louvre-machete-attacker-shot-by-soldiers-named-10755649