2023 Paris attack

On 2 December 2023, a French man of Iranian origin carried out a knife and hammer attack against three people near Pont de Bir-Hakeim in Paris, France, killing one of them.

[1] On Quai de Grenelle in the 15th arrondissement of Paris, just before 21:00 CET (20:00 GMT) on 2 December 2023, a man attacked three people using a knife and hammer as he allegedly shouted "Allahu Akbar".

[1] The fatally attacked victim was a young man who was a tourist from the Philippines, who had immigrated to Germany.

[1][2][3] He acquired French nationality on 20 March 2002, through the collective effort of his parents' naturalization.

Prosecutor Jean-François Ricard said the suspect had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State.