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One person has been killed and three police officers injured in a knife attack in the eastern French city of Mulhouse.<\/p>\n
A 37-year-old Algerian man was arrested at the scene and the prosecutor has opened a terrorist inquiry because the suspect reportedly shouted “Allahu Akbar”, or “God is great”.<\/p>\n
The man injured two of the police officers seriously, one in the neck and one in the chest. A civilian who tried to intervene was stabbed and killed.<\/p>\n
The suspect was subject to a deportation order because he was on a terrorism watch list, according to the local prosecutor. President Emmanuel Macron said there was “no doubt it was an Islamist terrorist attack”.<\/p>\n
After expressing his condolences to the family of the victim, Macron said: “I want to reiterate the determination of the government, and mine, to continue the work to eradicate terrorism on our soil.”<\/p>\n
The incident took place at a demonstration in support of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the police officers were on patrol.<\/p>\n
“Horror has seized our city,” Mulhouse mayor Michele Lutz said on Facebook.<\/p>\n
French Prime Minister Fran\u00e7ois Bayrou posted on X that “fanaticism has struck again and we are in mourning”.<\/p>\n
“My thoughts naturally go to the victims and their families, with the firm hope that the injured will recover,” he said.<\/p>\n
Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau is expected to visit the scene on Saturday evening.<\/p>\n
Additional reporting by Tom Bennett and Rorey Bosotti<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n