Knife attack that killed one and injured several in France was ‘Islamist terrorism’, says Macron - Algerian man ‘on radicalism list’ arrested as prosecutors investigate after 69-year-old Portuguese ma

An “Islamist terrorist” who allegedly stabbed a man to death in France avoided deportation 10 times, the country’s interior minister said on Sunday.

As he began his attack, the 37-year-old was heard shouting, “Allahu akbar,” according to France’s antiterrorism police. The Arabic phrase, meaning “God is great,” is an everyday expression used in religious and nonreligious settings alike, but has also become a war cry in some terrorist attacks by Islamic fundamentalists.