French police commander killed by jihadi recruiter
A Frenchman once convicted of recruiting jihadi fighters stabbed a police commander to death outside his suburban Paris home, recorded the attack and posted it on Facebook Live, French officials said Tuesday. The commander’s partner and the attacker were found dead inside the home after a three-hour standoff with police.
The couple’s 3-year-old was in the house in Magnanville, about 35 miles west of Paris, but was unharmed. A police official said that at one point in the video, the attacker puzzled over what to do with the child.
The Islamic State group’s Amaq news agency cited an unnamed source as saying an ISIS fighter carried out the attack late Monday. While the extremist group has not officially claimed responsibility, French President François Hollande said it was “incontestably a terrorist act” and that France faces a threat “of a very large scale.”
Two people close to the attacker were detained, authorities said. They gave no details about them. (AP)
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