An armed man was shot by police at the Arc de Triomphe monument in Paris, later dying from his injuries.
According to local officials, the suspect—a French national named as Brahim Bahrir, 48—used a knife and scissors to attack an officer at the weekly ceremony relighting the flame to honour unknown soldiers.
Before Bahrir succumbed to his gunshot wounds, France’s counterterrorism prosecutor’s office announced an investigation on charges of attempted murder “in connection with a terrorist enterprise.” The deceased had served prison time following a previous conviction in Belgium on terrorist-related charges in 2013, and was released from prison on December 24th last year, and reportedly under judicial supervision.
No officers or bystanders were reported injured, while the monument itself was temporarily closed to the public. Interior minister Laurent Nunez took to X, formerly Twitter, to express his
full support to the officer who intervened and acted with composure and determination in the face of the terrorist threat.
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