French police source: Suspect in deadly stabbing attack follows radical Islam, is mentally ill

PARIS — The person suspected of stabbing to death a man and wounding two others in Paris on Saturday is known to follow radical Islam and has mental illness, a French police source tells AFP.

The Paris prosecutor’s office says the attacker is French and was born in 1997, and has been arrested in an investigation into murder and attempted murder.

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