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Paris knife attack: Man 'kills mother and sister' in suburb street | |
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A man has killed two people, reportedly his mother and sister, and wounded a third person on a street in a Paris suburb before being killed by police. | |
An interior ministry source said the victims were relatives of the man and police were looking into reports it was a family quarrel. | |
The Islamic State group claimed it was behind the attack but offered no proof. | |
Some reports say the man threatened to kill police and shouted "Allahu Akbar" ("God is greatest" in Arabic). | |
France has been on constant alert for jihadist terrorist attacks since the Paris attacks of 2015. | France has been on constant alert for jihadist terrorist attacks since the Paris attacks of 2015. |
Thursday's incident occurred in the run-down south-western suburb of Trappes, close to Versailles. | |
The suburb is known for gang violence and poverty. It also has Islamists among its large Muslim population, with 50 local people suspected of having left France to fight for the Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq, according to security sources quoted by AFP news agency. |