He shouted “Allah Akbar” as the police tried to immobilize him by using an electric pulse gun twice: This is how the escape of 26-year-old Frenchman Armand Rajabpour-Miyandoab on Avenue du Parc de Passy ended. Annuals of Iranian origin attacked some passers-by and killed a Filipino German tourist shortly before 10pm on Saturday, December 2, a few steps from the Eiffel Tower. The attacker, who was among those at risk of radical Islamism, allegedly told the police that he could not stand “the killing of Arabs in the world” and that he wanted to die as a martyr.
It was known to justice that the man also suffered from psychiatric disorders.
Attack under the Eiffel Tower in Paris
The attack on passersby began at the iconic Bir-Hakeim bridge: a call to emergency services at around 9.15pm triggered the alarm. Police teams arriving at the scene found a man dead with stab wounds in his back and shoulder. He was stabbed while walking with his wife on Quai de Grenelle, overlooking the Eiffel Tower. According to the information obtained, while the intervention of the taxi driver made the attacker escape, the attacker continued the murder. The evening with a cold but starry sky facilitated the presence of thousands of people on the banks of the Seine between the Eiffel Tower on the left bank and the Trocadero on the right bank.
Not far away, between Avenue du President and Avenue Kennedy, security services found a second man on the ground: He had been hit in the head with a hammer while walking with his wife and son. The attacker could have come from behind him.
The attacker was chased by the police for a long time. The 26-year-old man’s escape ended on the Avenue du Parc de Passy, where a police officer immobilized him by using his stun gun twice. According to the report reconstructed by French Interior Minister Darmanin, the attacker was sentenced to 4 years in prison in 2016 on charges of attempting to carry out an attack. It was released in 2020.
Source: Today IT
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