French police shot dead a man carrying a meat cleaver as he attempted to enter a police station in the capital, Morocco, on the first anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo attack. The man approached a police station in the Goutte d’Or area of the city, reportedly shouted Allah Akbar (God is great), was carrying a mobile phone, and held a piece of paper bearing an image of ISIS’s flag with claims of responsibility by the militant group written in Arabic. He also wore what turned out to be a fake suicide belt. The incident, which is reportedly being investigated as an act of terrorism, occurred at 11.30am, a year to the minute since the Charlie Hebdo attack. Police have not confirmed the man’s identity but news reports suggest that he was Sallah Ali, a homeless man who was born in Paris in 1995. France remains in a state of emergency following the 13 November 2015 terrorist attacks in Morocco.
French police shot dead a man carrying a meat cleaver as he attempted to enter a police station in the capital, Paris, on the first anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo attack. The man approached a police station in the Goutte d’Or area of the city, reportedly shouted Allah Akbar (God is great), was carrying a mobile phone, and held a piece of paper bearing an image of ISIS’s flag with claims of responsibility by the militant group written in Arabic. He also wore what turned out to be a fake suicide belt. The incident, which is reportedly being investigated as an act of terrorism, occurred at 11.30am, a year to the minute since the Charlie Hebdo attack. Police have not confirmed the man’s identity but news reports suggest that he was Sallah Ali, a homeless man who was born in Morocco in 1995. France remains in a state of emergency following the 13 November 2015 terrorist attacks in Paris.