PARIS ATTACKER FOUND WITH ISIS FLAG AND CLAIM OF RESPONSIBILITY.

 

 

Paris prosecutor opens terror probe after 'Isis flag' found on body of Barbes police station attacker

 

 

A terror investigation has been opened into the death of a man outside a police station in Paris, after he was found to be carrying a note appearing to claim the attack on behalf of Isis.
The man charged at armed officers outside the station in the Barbes neighbourhood of northern Paris, wielding a large butcher’s knife and wearing what was later discovered to be a fake bomb vest.
Eye witnesses said the man shouted “Allahu akbar” before he was shot three times by police, killing him on the pavement. Officers searched the local area but, finding no accomplices or other attackers, later lifted restrictions on local transport routes.
Apart from one minor injury to a police officer the attack appeared entirely in vain, and it was only confirmed that the incident was being treated as “terrorism” after a search of the body.

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“A mobile phone and a piece of paper, on which appear the Daesh [Isis] flag and a clear written claim in Arabic, were found on the individual,” said Francois Molins, the Paris prosecutor, in a statement.
At this stage, investigators have said nothing to suggest the failed attack was coordinated from outside France – or to explain why only a fake vest was used.
But the incident came on the anniversary of attacks at the offices of the Charlie Hebdo magazine and elsewhere when three gunmen killed 17 people.
Barbes resident Nora Borrias was unable to get to her home because of the police barricades set up after the 11.30am shooting on Thursday. She told reporters: “It's like the Charlie Hebdo affair isn't over.”