Man suspected of deadly knife attack in Paris was in contact with Islamic Radicals

The man suspected of a deadly knife attack at the police headquarters in Paris was in contact with conservative Islamic Salafists, the lead prosecutor has said.

A staffer at Paris police headquarters who killed four colleagues in a knife attack on Thursday seemed to have believed in “a radical vision of Islam,” anti-terror prosecutor Jean-Francois Ricard said Saturday.

The assailant, a 45-year-old civilian computer expert who converted to Islam about 10 years ago, was in contact with members of the Salafist Islamist movement, Ricard told reporters.

Via DW / Times of Israel / AFP