The chopper attack in Paris, which left two injured on Friday in front of the former Charlie Hebdo premises in Paris, is an "act of Islamist terrorism", explained Gérald Darmanin.
The Minister of the Interior also admitted that the threat had been "underestimated", while the trials of the January 2015 attacks began a few days ago.
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Friday, five years after the attacks that ravaged France in January 2015, two people were injured in a stabbing attack a few steps from the former premises of
Charlie Hebdo,
in Paris.
The main suspect was arrested in the early afternoon, with a probable accomplice.
The national anti-terrorism prosecution has announced that it has been investigated for "attempted murder in connection with a terrorist enterprise".
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What do we know about the stabbing attack near the former premises of "Charlie Hebdo"?
The specter of al-Qaeda has reappeared
Since the weekly republished the cartoons of Muhammad, just before the trial of the January 2015 killings, the red flags have multiplied in the intelligence services.
To the point that the close protection of newspaper members has been greatly enhanced.
A fortnight ago, it was the specter of Al-Qaeda that reappeared: in two publications, the terrorist group openly called for new attacks, and in the process, the director of human resources at
Charlie Hebdo
, Marika Bret, was exfiltrated from her home, because of threats considered serious.
After the new attack on rue Nicolas Appert, the specialized investigators of the criminal brigade will seek to know if this propaganda could have pushed the presumed perpetrator to take action.
On site, no particular security device was deployed: the editorial staff of the magazine moved a long time ago to a secure location and, apart from this sadly symbolic address, there is no longer any target to protect.
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"We have underestimated the threat", admits Darmanin
However, Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said he had asked Paris police chief Didier Lallement why the threat was "underestimated".
The production company First Lines, of which two of its employees, a man and a woman, were seriously injured on Friday, she deplored the absence of a device during the trial of the January 2015 attacks. "No chief of staff. company in the area has not been contacted to consider special protection. The police headquarters may say that patrols were being carried out, but that is not enough, "
Luc Hermann, co-director of the company
, told
Liberation.
.