Louvre Attack Keeps Violence in Spotlight in French Campaign
- Soldier shoots knife-wielding attacker who cried ‘Allah Akbar’
- Trump says attack shows U.S. must ‘get smart’ in Tweet
French Soldier Fires on Attacker at Paris's Louvre Museum
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An attack at Paris’s Louvre museum Friday ensured that terrorism and security will remain front and center of a roller coaster presidential election that has brought the populist National Front closer than ever to power in France.
A large section of central Paris was cordoned off after a soldier fired five shots at an assailant who was armed with a machete and crying “Allah Akbar,” which means “God is great” in Arabic. The attacker is alive and has been taken into custody and the incident appears to be over without fatalities.