Man, upset with 'Muslims dying in Palestine', kills 1 in Paris knife attack

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A 26-year-old man was arrested after he killed one person when he attacked tourists with a knife near the Eiffel Tower in Paris..

One person died and two others were injured after a man attacked tourists in central Paris near the Eiffel Tower, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on Saturday...

The attack took place around 1900 GMT when the man attacked a tourist couple with a knife on the Quai de Grenelle, a few feet away from the Eiffel Tower, wounding a German national..

The suspect had shouted out "Allahu Akbar" (God is greatest) and told police he was upset because "so many Muslims were dying in Afghanistan and in Palestine" and was also upset about the Gaza situation, Darmanin said...

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