Two dead in Paris knife attack in the suburb of Trappes

[Nergal]

 

A KNIFE attacker has killed his mother and sister in the Paris suburb of Trappes and seriously wounded a third person, a French Interior Ministry source says.

The young man, who killed his victims out in the street on Thursday before taking refuge in a house, was later shot dead by police when he left that house and ran towards them in a threatening way, a police source said.

“The police operation is over. The person was neutralised and is dead,” the local prefecture said on Twitter.

Islamic State issued a statement claiming responsibility for the attack but provided no evidence. The statement came before it was confirmed that the victims were relatives of the attacker.

BFM TV said the attacker shouted “Allahu Akbar”, but police could not immediately confirm it.

“The reason behind the attack and his profile are not known yet and are being looked into,” a police source said.

Counter-terrorism officials have yet to be asked to join the investigation, a judicial source said.

Trappes is an underprivileged town situated in an overall wealthy area around 27km west of Paris.