A Turkish teenager who stabbed a Jewish teacher with a machete on Monday in the southern French city of Marseille tells police he was attacking in the name of the Islamic State group, a prosecutor says.
The attack, which left the 35-year-old teacher with an injured shoulder and hand, occurred in broad daylight in the south of the city, prosecutor Brice Robin says.
The 15-year-old ethnic Kurd rushed the victim from behind and stabbed him in the shoulder, then chased after him for a few yards until he fell, Robin says.
The victim fended off the assailant using his arms and legs, as well as his “holy book,” which was damaged in the scuffle, the prosecutor says.
The suspect “has the profile of someone who was radicalized on the Internet,” Robin tells a press briefing.
— AFP
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