Breaking news out of Paris where we’re seeing reports of an knife attack that left two dead and one wounded:
LATEST: At least 2 people died and one seriously injured from the attack, French authority says https://t.co/jRLqvPLmTb
— TicToc by Bloomberg (@tictoc) August 23, 2018
According to reports, the victims were the assailants mother and sister:
Reuters citing Interior Ministry source: Two killed in #Paris suburb knife attack were mother and sister of assailant
— MTV English News (@MTVEnglishNews) August 23, 2018
And it was a “family dispute”:
#BREAKING Two killed in Paris suburb knife attack were mother and sister of assailant, in what seems as a family dispute: interior ministry source to Reuters pic.twitter.com/jSpHA9JwPK
— Guy Elster (@guyelster) August 23, 2018
There are reports the attacker shouted “Allahu akbar” during the killing spree:
LIVE NOW: Knifeman shouting 'Allahu akbar' kills one person in Paris https://t.co/oEsJKOuTF6 pic.twitter.com/jTDGp4LqJe
— Daily Mail Online (@MailOnline) August 23, 2018
Trappers is a suburb west of Paris:
JUST IN: Two people were killed and one "badly injured" in a knife attack on Thursday morning in Trappes, a suburb west of Paris.
The attacker was also killed, police said. https://t.co/DM9SLZzosi
— CNN International (@cnni) August 23, 2018
The knifeman was shot and killed by police:
Police shoot knifeman in Paris, after attack that killed one and hurt two othershttps://t.co/Nm1Im28QjM #Trappes
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) August 23, 2018
And ISIS has reportedly taken credit for the attack:
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BREAKING: #IS claims the stabbing attack outside #Paris pic.twitter.com/4sX8GmHROD
— Michael Krona (@GlobalMedia_) August 23, 2018
Which really doesn’t make a lot of sense given the victims were family members:
#UPDATE: BFM reporting the victims were attacker's mother and sister, which, while horrible, hardly constitutes a 'terror' incident
— Patrick Galey? (@patrickgaley) August 23, 2018
If IS has falsely claimed this and it turns out to be the attacker's immediate family then shall look forward how they spin this "soldier of the caliphate" bravely stabbing two innocent female relatives #Paris
— Patrick Galey? (@patrickgaley) August 23, 2018
Update: The knifeman was on a watch list for “would-be jihadists”:
A man who killed two people and injured a third in a knife attack in Trappes, France, was on a watch list that is focused on would-be jihadists https://t.co/wXEoFUkjty pic.twitter.com/cHt8Rw72eA
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) August 23, 2018
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