Louvre machete attack
On 3 February 2017, an Egyptian national in France on a tourist visa was shot as he rushed a group of French soldiers guarding a principal entrance to the Louvre Museum in Paris, France, with a machete. One soldier was injured in the fight. The soldiers were patrolling the museum as part of Opération Sentinelle, guarding the Carrousel du Louvre, in which an underground shopping mall also serves as a gift shop, ticket sales office, and public entrance to the museum.
| Louvre machete attack | |
|---|---|
| Part of Islamic terrorism in Europe | |
| Location | Paris, France |
| Date | 3 February 2017 |
Attack type | Knife attack |
| Weapons | Machete |
| Deaths | 0 |
| Injured | 2 (including the attacker) |
| Perpetrator | Abdullah Reda Refaie al-Hamahmy |
| Motive | Islamic extremism |
The attacker, identified as Abdullah al-Hamahmy, was confirmed by French authorities to have shouted "Allahu Akbar" during the attack, and although not having direct links, to have sympathised with and posted numerous messages on Twitter in support of the Islamic State, including calling for people to "fight in the cause of Allah and kill."
French President François Hollande announced the attack was terrorist in nature.