The French justice is investigating as a terrorist attack the run-down on Monday of three policemen in the city of Colombes, on the outskirts of Paris, by a man who was immediately arrested and found a document in which he swore allegiance to the Islamic State (EI).

The National Antiterrorist Prosecutor's Office indicated in a statement on Tuesday that it is in charge of the investigations, which until now corresponded to the Nanterre Court, after the psychiatric examination has determined that the attacker had not altered his mental powers , as had been considered.

Consequently, the prosecution decided to open an investigation against this 29-year-old man, identified by the press as Youssef T., on charges of attempted terrorist killings of law enforcement officers and membership of a terrorist organization .

The events happened yesterday afternoon when two national and municipal police officers were carrying out a control in the urban area of ​​Colombes and were violently hit by a vehicle.

One of the officers was seriously injured , although the National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor pointed out that his life is no longer in danger. The other two also had to be hospitalized, although one is no longer admitted.

The driver of the car, a black BMW, was quickly arrested and a knife and a letter were found in the search of his vehicle in which he claimed to give himself "body and soul to the battle to impose 'sharia' (Islamic law) in the whole world " .

According to the Public Ministry, he was not signed by the secret services due to the risk of religious radicalization.

He had been convicted in 2010 of acts of violence that had occurred two years earlier and, according to "Le Parisien", he also had a psychiatric history.

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