1dead in Paris knife attack

Paris, May 14

Police on Sunday scoured the background of a Frenchman born in Russia’s Chechnya region who killed one man in a knife attack in Paris as the government said the 21-year-old had been flagged previously as a potential security risk.
The assailant, who has not yet been formally identified, fatally knifed a 29-year-old man and wounded four others, among them a Chinese and a Luxembourg citizen, before police shot him dead, officials said.
The attack took place in the bustling Opera district, known for its many restaurants, cafes and the Palais Garnier opera. It was the latest in a succession of attacks in France since January 2015 in which more than 240 people have been killed.
The attacker had since 2016 been on a counter-terrorism watchlist of suspected radicals who may be a threat to national security, government spokesman Benjamin Griveaux said. The assailant became French when his mother obtained citizenship in 2010, he said.
French President Emanuel
Macron said France would “not yield an inch to the enemies of freedom,” and praised police for “neutralising the terrorist”. A judicial source said the assailant’s parents were being held for questioning