On Friday, French gendarmes shot a person who stabbed a colleague at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. The attacker was taken to the hospital, where he died a short time later from his wounds, while the gendarmes' injuries were minor. The attack was investigated by the National Anti-Terrorism Prosecution. The French news agency reported, citing sources, that this person was included in the list of people placed under the supervision of the Ministry of Interior on suspicion of posing a threat to security and public order.
Published on: 02/14/2026 - 08:42 Last updated: 02/14/2026 - 12:58
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Gendarmes at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris shot a person who stabbed a colleague with a knife. The attacker died later after being taken to the hospital as a result of his wounds, while the gendarme suffered minor injuries. The National Anti-Terrorism Prosecution Office took over the investigation into the attack.
The attacker, who holds French citizenship and was born in 1978, was sentenced to prison in Belgium in 2013 for assaulting two policemen, according to the Public Prosecution.
This attack was carried out while the gendarmes were performing the ceremonial celebration of the torch of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Arc de Triomphe, located a few steps from the Champs-Élysées, according to what the French news agency reported from a police source.
President Emmanuel Macron praised the gendarmerie forces, which he said "strongly intervened to stop this terrorist attack."
The suspect is a resident of Seine-Saint-Denis near Paris, and was included in the list of persons placed under the supervision of the Ministry of the Interior on suspicion of posing a threat to security and public order.
According to a source relied upon by the French news agency, he called a police station near the Paris suburb where he had previously lived to say that he would carry out a “massacre.”
In June 2013, he was sentenced in Brussels to 17 years in prison for stabbing two policemen at the Molenbeek metro station, a neighborhood in Brussels, according to the Public Prosecution. They sustained minor injuries.
After he was imprisoned in Belgium, he was transferred to France on January 27, 2015, in implementation of a decision that stipulated that the sentence could be carried out on French territory, according to the Public Prosecution. In December 2025, he was granted conditional release and placed under the supervision of the Ministry of the Interior.
France 24/AFP
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