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The attacker was reported as being 45-year-old Mickaël Harpon, an [[information technology|IT]] specialist who did administrative work at the station for the last 16 years of his life and held a [[Secrecy#Military_secrecy|military secrecy]] [[security clearance]].<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 |
The attacker was reported as being 45-year-old Mickaël Harpon, an [[information technology|IT]] specialist who did administrative work at the station for the last 16 years of his life and held a [[Secrecy#Military_secrecy|military secrecy]] [[security clearance]].<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{{Not English inline|date=October 2019}}}}</ref> |
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== Investigation == |
== Investigation == |
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Revision as of 12:00, 5 October 2019
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| Location | Paris, France |
| Coordinates | 48°51′14.4″N 2°20′48.8″E / 48.854000°N 2.346889°E |
| Date | 3 October 2019 c. 1:00 p.m.[1] |
| Target | Police employees |
Attack type | Mass stabbing |
| Weapons | Ceramic knife[2] |
| Deaths | 5 (including the attacker) |
| Injured | 1 |
| Perpetrator | Mickaël Harpon |
During the early afternoon of 3 October 2019, a police employee stabbed five colleagues 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.[4][5] 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.[4][7] The attacker stabbed three men in the office area and two women on a stairway.[8][9]
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 the last 16 years of his life and held a military secrecy security clearance.[4][5] He was born in Fort-de-France in the Caribbean overseas department of Martinique in 1974,[7] and had been deaf since childhood.[10] The murder weapon was a ceramic knife of a type undetectable by metal scanners.[11]
Investigation
Initial reports suggested a workplace dispute was the motive. The day after the attack, a counter-terrorism investigation was opened,[9] looking into whether the attacker was a radicalized Islamist and the possibility of having been in contact with or received support from any terrorist groups.[12][13]
References
- ^ "Employee kills four with knife at Paris police HQ". BBC News. 3 October 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
- ^ "EN DIRECT – Attaque à la préfecture de police de Paris : quatre personnes tuées, l'assaillant abattu". FIGARO (in French). Oct 3, 2019. Retrieved Oct 3, 2019.
- ^ Bisserbe, Noemie. "Four Officers Killed by Employee at Paris Police Headquarters". WSJ. Retrieved Oct 3, 2019.
- ^ a b c d "Paris police attack: Four killed by knife-wielding employee". BBC News. 3 October 2019.
- ^ a b c "Paris stabbing: Four people killed in knife rampage at police HQ". Independent. 3 October 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
- ^ "Paris police attack: Four killed by knife-wielding employee". BBC News. 3 October 2019. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Four people killed in knife rampage at Paris police HQ". The Independent. 2019-10-03. Retrieved 2019-10-05.
- ^ a b "Terror inquiry launched into Paris police killings". BBC. 2019-10-04. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
- ^ "Paris knifeman who fatally stabbed four people was 'trusted' deaf IT worker". Metro. 2019-10-04. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
- ^ "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[needs translation]
- ^ "Attaque de Paris : l'enquête privilégie la piste terroriste". www.lefigaro.fr (in French). 2019-10-04. Retrieved 2019-10-05.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Breeden, Aurelien (2019-10-04). "Terrorism Motive Eyed in Paris Police Stabbing Attack". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-10-05.