Fatal French Stabbing Linked to Israel-Hamas War by Top Official
- Macron calls knife attack on schoolteacher Islamist terrorism
- Attacker was previously flagged as radicalized, AFP says
Emmanuel Macron.
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The assailant who fatally stabbed a teacher in France in what President Emmanuel Macron called an Islamist terror attack was possibly motivated by the war between Israel and Hamas, a top security official said.
“Based on our intelligence, on our information, there’s probably a link between what happened in the Middle East and the decision to act,” Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin told broadcaster TF1 on Friday. France has stepped up security nationwide with more soldiers dispatched to help police, although there’s “no specific threat,” he said.