France: Muslim Who Attacked Police with Knife "not Radicalized-Just Crazy"

It's a case of deja vu all over again in France. Once again, cops are attacked by a crazy man with a knife yelling, "Allahu Akhbar". The cops shoot the man dead in self-defense, and the official version is that the man was not radicalized, just suffering from a psychiatric illness.

It happened Friday in Colombes (Hauts de Seine). The translation of the article from France Bleu is by Fousesquawk.

 https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/faits-divers-justice/policiers-agresses-a-colombes-l-homme-abattu-n-etait-pas-radicalise-selon-les-premiers-elements-de-l-1635015291

Police attacked at Colombes: The man shot dead was not radicalized according to preliminary elements of investigation

Saturday 23 October 20:54 Par Sonia Ghobri, France Bleu Paris, France Bleu

The national prosecutor at Nanterre states that the "investigation has not yet revealed evidence of radicalization of the person concerned, who reportedly was the object of a psychiatric hospitalization."

The man shot dead Friday at Colombes (Hauts de Seine) after having threatened police officers with a knife, had not been radicalized according to the preliminary elements of the investigation. In a press release, the prosecutor of Nanterre, Pascal Prache, states that "he was reportedly the object of a psychiatric hospitalization". He stated  also that "his judicial file has no trace of a conviction, and he is known for two previous offenses relative to other infractions."

The national anti-terrorist prosecutor office was informed Friday evening, but in view of the first elements furnished by the investigation, opened for "attempted murder of personnel of public authority", the prosecutor of Nanterre remains in charge. The police officers and the witnesses present at the scene were interviewed. "From the first elements gathered, it appeared that two police officers, who were making identity checks, used their firearms firing several shots at a man who was advancing on them armed with a knife and crying, "Allahu Akhbar" after having thrown a glass bottle in the direction of the officers," the prosecutor explains.

The man shot dead was 41 years of age, he resided, "it seems at Garenne-Colombes," in Haut de Seine. In spite of the intervention of medical personnel, the man died of his wounds. The autopsy is scheduled for 24 October 2021. The investigation continues in order to clarify the sequence of events. The General Inspection of the National Police (IGPN) is also involved.