January 2016 Paris police station attack
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On 7 January 2016 in
The attempted attack took place on the first anniversary of the 2015 Charlie Hebdo shooting.[3]
Details
The failed attack occurred in the Goutte d'Or district where the population is predominantly of north African and sub-Saharan African origin.[4] Belgacem shouted "Allahu Akbar" and pulled out a meat cleaver as he approached a guard at the local police station. He was shot and killed when he ignored orders to halt. His pocket contained a written rambling statement that included a drawing of an ISIS flag, and his pledge of allegiance to the caliphate.[5]
French interior ministry spokesperson Pierre-Henry Brandet said that on the day of the attack, "a man attempted to attack a policeman at the reception of the police station before being hit by shots from the police." A bomb disposal team cleared the site, determining that the explosive vest the attacker wore was fake.
Perpetrator
Tarek Belgacem was identified by police in
Belgacem drew attention to himself at the asylum center where he lived under false pretenses by drawing of the Black Flag of the Islamic State on the wall and by taking photographs of himself with an ISIS flag.[5] He had been living in the asylum center since August 2015 under the name of Walid Salihi, one of his 20 aliases, and the name under which he applied for asylum in countries including Austria, Italy, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Germany, Sweden, and Romania.[6]
Aftermath
The attempted attack received widespread media attention, especially in Germany, due to the North Rhine-Westphalia police conducting several raids in refugee residences throughout the state following the attack and also
Some German politicians and national organisations such as Deutscher Städte- und Gemeindebund (
In light of the attack, and
Relatives of Belgacem have filed a suit in a French court alleging that the French police used
See also
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References
- Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
- ^ New York Times. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
- ^ "Charlie Hebdo anniversary: Paris police shoot man dead". BBC. 7 January 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
- ^ "Man attempting attack on Paris police station cried 'Allahu Akbar': government — The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
- ^ a b c Lilla, Mark (10 March 2016). "France: Is There a Way Out?". New York Review of Books. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
- ^ a b c Eddy, Melissa (22 January 2016). "Man Who Tried to Attack Paris Police Acted Alone, Germany Finds". New York Times. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
- ^ a b Faiola, Anthony (10 January 2016). "Suspect who tried to attack Paris police station lived with asylum seekers in Germany". Washington Post. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
- ^ "Mystery surrounds identity of Paris attacker". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
- ^ "Terrorermittlungen: Pariser Angreifer nutzte 20 Identitäten in sieben Ländern" [Terror investigations: Paris attacker took 20 identities in seven countries]. Spiegel Online (in German). 22 January 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
- ^ Litchfield, John (10 January 2016). "Paris shooting: Man killed by police had lived in German refugee camp". The Independent. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
- ^ a b Breeden, Aurelein (10 January 2016). "Suspect Shot by Paris Police Tied to German Migrant House". New York Times. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
- ^ "Polizei NRW erhöht Druck auf kriminelle Asylbewerber" [Police NRW increased pressure on criminal asylum seekers]. Die Welt (in German). Retrieved 19 January 2016.
- ^ "Angreifer von Paris wohnte in Asylunterkunft in Recklinghausen" [Paris attacker lived in asylum accommodation in Recklinghausen]. Der Tagesspiegel (in German). Retrieved 19 February 2016.
- ^ Tagesanzeiger(in German). Retrieved 24 February 2016.
- ^ "Ich habe ihn gekannt" [I have known him]. Westdeutscher Rundfunk (in German). Retrieved 19 February 2016.
- Frankfurter Allgemeine(in German). Retrieved 19 February 2016.
- ^ DeStefano, Anthony (8 January 2015). "NYPD warns cops after attacks on police in Philadelphia, Paris". Newsday. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
- ^ Porter, Tom (21 January 2016). "Paris attacks: Families of killed terror suspects sue French police for murder". International Business Times. Retrieved 21 February 2016.