Paris police attacker a radicalised Islamist, says French prosecutor Read moreThe counter-terrorism prosecutor, Jean-François Ricard, said Harpon had converted to Islam several years ago and adhered to “a radical vision” of the religion. Politicians on the left and right warned of security failings inside the police force and counter-terrorism intelligence, asking how the internal risk from a staff member was not spotted earlier. He told France Info radio there was “a real state of dysfunction” inside counter-terrorism services if a radicalised staff member had full security clearance to the heart of sensitive operations. The counter-terrorism prosecutor on Saturday outlined how Harpon had carried out the attack, which killed three police officers and an administrator. At the ground level he attacked a member of the administrative staff, leaving them with serious but non-fatal wounds to the neck.

Source: The Guardian October 06, 2019 12:12 UTC