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Le Louvre terror attack: Suspect identified as Egyptian Abdullah Reda al-Hamany Le Louvre terror attack: Suspect identified as Egyptian Abdullah Reda al-Hamany
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A suspect terrorist who attacked soldiers with a machete near the Louvre art gallery in Paris has been identified as Egyptian national Abdullah Reda al-Hamamy. A suspect terrorist who attacked soldiers with a machete near the Louvre art gallery in Paris has been identified as Egyptian national Abdullah Reda al-Hamamy. 
The 29-year-old was shot and wounded by police after he launched an attack on four soldiers guarding the entrance to the Carrousel du Louvre shopping centre told him he could not enter with his bags.The 29-year-old was shot and wounded by police after he launched an attack on four soldiers guarding the entrance to the Carrousel du Louvre shopping centre told him he could not enter with his bags.
Michel Cadot, the head of Paris police, said the man was shouting "Allahu Akbar" and injured the soldier's scalp before being shot at. Michel Cadot, the head of Paris police, said the man was shouting "Allahu Akbar" and injured the soldier's scalp before being shot at. 
He confirmed that the attack was being treated as a terrorist incident but they were still trying to determine whether he was acting alone or under instruction.He confirmed that the attack was being treated as a terrorist incident but they were still trying to determine whether he was acting alone or under instruction.
He said: “We are dealing with an attack from an individual who was clearly aggressive and represented a direct threat, and whose comments lead us to believe that he wished to carry out a terrorist incident. He said: “We are dealing with an attack from an individual who was clearly aggressive and represented a direct threat, and whose comments lead us to believe that he wished to carry out a terrorist incident. 
“There was also a second individual who was behaving suspiciously, who has also been detained, but for now there does not appear to be a link between that individual and the attack."“There was also a second individual who was behaving suspiciously, who has also been detained, but for now there does not appear to be a link between that individual and the attack."
In a press conference on Friday evening, Paris prosecutor Francois Molins said the man was an Egyptian national who had entered the country on a one-month tourist visa issued in Dubai on 26 January. In a press conference on Friday evening, Paris prosecutor Francois Molins said the man was an Egyptian national who had entered the country on a one-month tourist visa issued in Dubai on 26 January. 
This was later confirmed by the Egyptian Ministry of the Interior in Cairo.This was later confirmed by the Egyptian Ministry of the Interior in Cairo.
Following the attack on Friday morning US President Donald Trump cited it as justification for his controversial ban on citizens from seven Muslim-majority countries entering the US – but neither Egypt or Dubai are on Mr Trump's list of banned countries. Following the attack on Friday morning US President Donald Trump cited it as justification for his controversial ban on citizens from seven Muslim-majority countries entering the US – but neither Egypt or Dubai are on Mr Trump's list of banned countries. 
Nor is there any evidence the man had claimed or intended to claim asylum in France. Nor is there any evidence the man had claimed or intended to claim asylum in France. 
It comes as the country is on high alert following a succession of terror attacks over the past two years.
The far-right political party, Front National (FN), looks set to make it into the second round of the presidential run-off in April after the party played on fears about Muslim refugees arriving in the country from Syria and Iraq. 
FN leader Marine Le Pen has denounced the country's "crazy immigration policies" and said France "must deport illegals back where they came from and control our national borders, if not the camps will reconstruct themselves".
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