French prosecutors have identified the man accused of attacking a soldier at the Louvre earlier on Friday before being shot and seriously wounded by security forces in what authorities believe was an attempted terrorist attack.
The French prosecutor Francois Molins said late on Friday said the attacker has been identified as a 29-year-old Egyptian who arrived in Paris on January 26 after acquiring a one-month tourist visa in Dubai. Mr Molins said that police were trying to establish whether he acted alone or was following orders.
Police secure the area around the Louvre museum in Paris yesterday after a man who attacked a French soldier cried “Allahu akbar” before he was shot and seriously wounded by security forces. Authorities believe it was an attempted terrorist attack.