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Paris police headquarters stabbing

Paris police headquarters stabbing
Part of Islamic terrorism in Europe
Map of Île de la Cité
LocationParis, France
Coordinates48°51′14.4″N 2°20′48.8″E / 48.854000°N 2.346889°E / 48.854000; 2.346889
Date3 October 2019 (2019-10-03)
c. 1:00 p.m.[1]
TargetPolice employees
Attack type
Mass stabbing
WeaponsCeramic knife[2]
Deaths5 (including the attacker)
Injured2
PerpetratorMickaël Harpon
MotiveJihadism (Islamic terrorism)[3]

On 3 October 2019, a police employee at the Paris police headquarters stabbed four of his colleagues to death and injured two others. He was shot dead by police at the scene.

  1. ^ "Employee kills four with knife at Paris police HQ". BBC News. 3 October 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  2. ^ "EN DIRECT – Attaque à la préfecture de police de Paris : quatre personnes tuées, l'assaillant abattu". Le Figaro (in French). 3 October 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference tesat2020 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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