Photo: AFPA 29-year-old Egyptian arrested after a machete attack at the Louvre in Paris last week has said he acted on his own and was not under orders from the Islamic State group, a source close to the probe said Wednesday. Police have confirmed him as Abdallah El-Hamahmy, a sales manager resident in Dubai, who has denied being guided by the extremist group during interrogations. He said that he "acted on his own will" and planned only to damage artworks as a symbolic assault on France, the source said, asking not to be named. The father said the suspect's wife was pregnant with the couple's second child and was currently in Saudi Arabia. The Louvre assault revived fears of violence in France, which suffered a string of attacks that killed 238 people between January 2015 and July 2016.

Source: The Local February 08, 2017 20:03 UTC