2020 Paris stabbing attack
On September 25, 2020, two people were injured in a stabbing outside the former headquarters of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris. The magazine's headquarters had previously been the site of an Islamic terrorist attack in 2015.
| 2020 Paris stabbing attack | |
|---|---|
| Part of Islamic terrorism in Europe | |
| Location | 10 Rue Nicolas-Appert, 11th arrondissement of Paris, France |
| Date | 25 September 2020 |
Attack type | Stabbing |
| Weapons | Knife |
| Deaths | 0 |
| Injured | 2 |
| Motive | Islamic extremism, jihadism |
The French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin considered this to be "clearly an act of Islamist terrorism."
A man from Pakistan, suspected of carrying out the attacks, was arrested near the scene. Six other suspects were subsequently arrested in Paris in connection with the attack.
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