INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Darmanin said an attacker had targeted tourists around the Quai de Grenelle, which is close to the Eiffel Tower.He added that a 26-year-old
French national known to security services had been arrested.The suspect approached a tourist couple and fatally stabbed a German national,
he said.The man was then pursued by police and attacked two other people with a hammer before being stopped with a Taser and arrested
sentenced to four years in prison in 2016 for planning a separate attack and was on the French security services watchlist.The man was also
known to have suffered psychiatric disorders, Mr Darmanin said.
A police operation was initiated around the Bir-Hakeim metro station on
investigation.
Writing on X, formerly Twitter, French President Emmanuel Macron sent his thoughts to all those affected by the
