A 31-year-old man armed with two kitchen knives stabbed three women, including a pregnant victim, in north-west Paris on Monday morning and is reported to have claimed a divine order for the attack.
After being detained by an off-duty police officer and pinned down by bystanders near the Porte de Clichy, the suspect allegedly told the crowd, 'it is Allah who ordered me to do it'. The attack came just days after a series of violent incidents across Europe, including a deadly vehicle attack at a Pride parade in Berlin and a fatal stabbing in south-west London.
