Driver who rammed Paris police pledged allegiance to Islamic State


  • World
  • Tuesday, 28 Apr 2020

PARIS (Reuters) - The driver who rammed his car into two police motorcyclists in a Paris suburb on Monday had pledged allegiance to Islamic State, the French anti-terror prosecutor said in a statement.

The 29-year-old French man was arrested at the scene of the attack, which occurred in the suburb of Colombes, northwest of Paris, and was in custody, the prosecutor said. The two police officers were injured and taken to hospital.

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