Paris, France CNN —French police have arrested a man suspected of killing one person and injuring two others in a knife and hammer attack in central Paris.
The attack took place at Bir Hakeim, near the Eiffel Tower, France’s Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin told reporters at the scene on Saturday night.
He said that the man arrested was a French citizen previously known to intelligence services.
The minister said he had been told by police that the attacker had reportedly shouted “Allahu Akbar” during the assault.
French President Emmanuel Macron called the incident a terror attack and said France’s anti-terrorism prosecutor’s office would investigate.
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