{"id":87985,"date":"2017-02-04T05:35:12","date_gmt":"2017-02-04T10:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=87985"},"modified":"2017-02-04T05:35:12","modified_gmt":"2017-02-04T10:35:12","slug":"french-president-warns-terrorist-threat-here-to-stay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/02\/04\/french-president-warns-terrorist-threat-here-to-stay\/","title":{"rendered":"French president warns “terrorist threat here to stay”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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French President Francois Hollande warned that terrorism menaces are “here to stay” after a machete attack at the Louvre Museum on Friday morning. (Photo by U.S. Department of State from United States [Public domain]<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>PARIS\u2014French President Francois Hollande warned that terrorism menaces are “here to stay” after a machete attack at the Louvre Museum on Friday morning.<\/p>\n

An “aggressive” machete-wielding man rushed at soldiers, injuring one of them, while trying to enter the Louvre Museum.<\/p>\n

“The incident was completely controlled,” Hollande said at an informal summit of EU leaders in Malta. “But (terrorism) threat is here to stay and we must confront it.”<\/p>\n

“We have mobilized all the necessary means and we’ll continue to do so the time it will take,” he added in remarks posted on the Elysee website.<\/p>\n

Earlier on Friday, a man yelling Allahou Akbar (God the Greatest) menaced soldiers and attacked them outside the Louvre Museum. He slightly injured one serviceman before his colleagues fired five bullets at him.<\/p>\n

The attacker was seriously wounded in the incident “whose terrorism nature leaves little doubt”, according to Hollande.<\/p>\n

The French president also hailed “the courage” and “determination” of soldiers to prevent an attack that would have put at risk the lives of 1,200 visitors.<\/p>\n

Local media reported the attacker was a 29-year-old Egyptian national, who entered France legally from Dubai at the end of January.<\/p>\n

The machete attacker carried two backpacks. He tried to get into the museum underground shop before being neutralized. No explosive has been found, according to Paris prefect Michel Cardot.<\/p>\n

France has been a target of terrorist groups. Terrorist alert remains at high level.<\/p>\n

It has imposed emergency rules since November 2015, when gunmen and suicide bombers claiming allegiance to the Islamic State (IS) killed 130 people in Paris.<\/p>\n

Another attack last summer had left 86 victims, when a man drove a truck into a crowd celebrating Bastille Day in the southern city of Nice<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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