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== Attacker ==
== Attacker ==
The attacker was reported as being 45-year-old Mickaël Harpon, an [[information technology|IT]] specialist who did administrative work at the station for 16 years.<ref name="BBC 49921145"/><ref name="Independent"/> He was born in [[Fort-de-France]] in the [[Caribbean]] [[overseas department]] of [[Martinique]] in 1974,<ref name="LeMonde"/> and had been deaf since childhood.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://metro.co.uk/2019/10/04/paris-knifeman-stabbed-four-death-trusted-deaf-worker-10858632/|title=Paris knifeman who fatally stabbed four people was 'trusted' deaf IT worker|date=2019-10-04|website=Metro|language=en|access-date=2019-10-04}}</ref> The murder weapon was a ceramic knife of a type undetectable by metal scanners.<ref>{{cite news |title=Attaque au couteau à la préfecture de police de Paris : ce que l'on sait |url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/actualite-france/attaque-au-couteau-a-la-prefecture-de-police-de-paris-syndicats-20191003 |accessdate=3 October 2019 |work=[[Le Figaro]] |date=3 October 2019 |language=fr |quote=Muni d'un couteau de cuisine en céramique, indétectable aux portiques de sécurité}}</ref>
The attacker was reported as being 45-year-old Mickaël Harpon, an [[information technology|IT]] specialist who did administrative work at the station for 16 years.<ref name="BBC 49921145"/><ref name="Independent"/> He was born in [[Fort-de-France]] in the [[Caribbean]] [[overseas department]] of [[Martinique]] in 1974,<ref name="LeMonde"/> and had [[converted to Islam]] 18 months prior<ref>{{cite news |title=Attaque à la préfecture de police de Paris : le parquet antiterroriste se saisit de l’enquête |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2019/10/04/ce-que-l-on-sait-de-l-attaque-a-la-prefecture-de-police-de-paris_6014194_3224.html |accessdate=4 October 2019 |work=[[Le Monde]] |date=4 October 2019 |language=fr |quote=Mickaël H. était marié depuis 2014 et s’était converti à l’islam dix-huit mois avant la tuerie}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Attaque au couteau à la préfecture de police de Paris : ce que l'on sait |url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/actualite-france/attaque-au-couteau-a-la-prefecture-de-police-de-paris-syndicats-20191003 |accessdate=3 October 2019 |work=[[Le Figaro]] |date=3 October 2019 |language=fr |quote=Il s'était converti à l'islam, indique au Figaro une source policière.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://fr.metrotime.be/2019/10/03/news/lassaillant-de-la-prefecture-de-police-de-paris-setait-converti-a-lislam/|title=L'assaillant de la préfecture de police de Paris s'était converti à l'islam|date=Oct 3, 2019|accessdate=Oct 3, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nypost.com/2019/10/03/paris-knife-attacker-who-killed-4-in-police-headquarters-had-converted-to-islam-report/|title=Paris knife attacker who killed 4 in police headquarters had converted to Islam: report|first=Jorge|last=Fitz-Gibbon|date=Oct 3, 2019|accessdate=Oct 3, 2019}}</ref>and had been deaf since childhood.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://metro.co.uk/2019/10/04/paris-knifeman-stabbed-four-death-trusted-deaf-worker-10858632/|title=Paris knifeman who fatally stabbed four people was 'trusted' deaf IT worker|date=2019-10-04|website=Metro|language=en|access-date=2019-10-04}}</ref> The murder weapon was a ceramic knife of a type undetectable by metal scanners.<ref>{{cite news |title=Attaque au couteau à la préfecture de police de Paris : ce que l'on sait |url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/actualite-france/attaque-au-couteau-a-la-prefecture-de-police-de-paris-syndicats-20191003 |accessdate=3 October 2019 |work=[[Le Figaro]] |date=3 October 2019 |language=fr |quote=Muni d'un couteau de cuisine en céramique, indétectable aux portiques de sécurité}}</ref>


== Investigation ==
== Investigation ==

Revision as of 18:37, 4 October 2019

Paris police headquarters stabbing
Map of Île de la Cité
LocationParis, France
Coordinates48.8549° N, 2.3475° E
Date3 October 2019 (2019-10-03)
c. 1:00 p.m.[1]
TargetPolice employees
Attack type
Mass stabbing
WeaponsCeramic knife[2]
Deaths5 (including the attacker)
Injured1
PerpetratorMickaël Harpon

During the early afternoon of 3 October 2019, a man stabbed five police employees at the Prefecture of Police on the Île de la Cité in central Paris, killing four of them.[3][4] Police shot the attacker dead.[5][4] The attack came a day after police went on strike across France over increasing violence towards officers. [6]

Those killed were three male police officers and one female member of the support staff.[7] The fifth victim, also a woman, was critically wounded and was evacuated to a nearby hospital by helicopter.[7][4] BFM TV reported that the attacker stabbed two people inside their offices, one person on a stairway and the fourth person inside the building's courtyard.[8] Following the incident, the police headquarters building was visited by President Emmanuel Macron, Prime Minister Édouard Philippe, Interior Minister Christophe Castaner and Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo.[7] The Île de la Cité was placed under a lockdown and the Cité station of the Paris Métro, located on the island, was closed to passengers.[5]

Attacker

The attacker was reported as being 45-year-old Mickaël Harpon, an IT specialist who did administrative work at the station for 16 years.[4][5] He was born in Fort-de-France in the Caribbean overseas department of Martinique in 1974,[7] and had converted to Islam 18 months prior[9][10][11][12]and had been deaf since childhood.[13] The murder weapon was a ceramic knife of a type undetectable by metal scanners.[14]

Investigation

Initially, a police union suggested a workplace dispute was to blame. However, on 4 October counter-terrorism investigators took over the investigation.[15]

References

  1. ^ "Employee kills four with knife at Paris police HQ". Oct 3, 2019. Retrieved Oct 3, 2019 – via www.bbc.com.
  2. ^ "EN DIRECT - Attaque à la préfecture de police de Paris : quatre personnes tuées, l'assaillant abattu". FIGARO. Oct 3, 2019. Retrieved Oct 3, 2019.
  3. ^ Bisserbe, Noemie. "Four Officers Killed by Employee at Paris Police Headquarters". WSJ. Retrieved Oct 3, 2019.
  4. ^ a b c d "Paris police attack: Four killed by knife-wielding employee". BBC News. 3 October 2019.
  5. ^ a b c "Paris stabbing: Four people killed in knife rampage at police HQ". The Independent. 3 October 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  6. ^ "Paris police attack: Four killed by knife-wielding employee - BBC". BBC. 3 October 2019. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  7. ^ a b c d "Attaque dans la Préfecture de police de Paris : quatre personnes et l'assaillant sont morts" (in French). Le Monde. 3 October 2019.
  8. ^ "Five dead in knife attack at Paris police headquarters | PerthNow". Perth Now. 3 October 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  9. ^ "Attaque à la préfecture de police de Paris : le parquet antiterroriste se saisit de l'enquête". Le Monde (in French). 4 October 2019. Retrieved 4 October 2019. Mickaël H. était marié depuis 2014 et s'était converti à l'islam dix-huit mois avant la tuerie
  10. ^ "Attaque au couteau à la préfecture de police de Paris : ce que l'on sait". Le Figaro (in French). 3 October 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2019. Il s'était converti à l'islam, indique au Figaro une source policière.
  11. ^ "L'assaillant de la préfecture de police de Paris s'était converti à l'islam". Oct 3, 2019. Retrieved Oct 3, 2019.
  12. ^ Fitz-Gibbon, Jorge (Oct 3, 2019). "Paris knife attacker who killed 4 in police headquarters had converted to Islam: report". Retrieved Oct 3, 2019.
  13. ^ "Paris knifeman who fatally stabbed four people was 'trusted' deaf IT worker". Metro. 2019-10-04. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
  14. ^ "Attaque au couteau à la préfecture de police de Paris : ce que l'on sait". Le Figaro (in French). 3 October 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2019. Muni d'un couteau de cuisine en céramique, indétectable aux portiques de sécurité
  15. ^ Paris police killings: Investigation handed to anti-terror prosecutor
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