Suspect in Paris knife opens up to police
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THE Egyptian suspect in the attack on soldiers outside the Louvre in Paris has begun speaking to investigators and confirmed his identity, a source in the inquiry said yesterday.
The man, who was shot after wielding two machetes and lunging at a group of soldiers while shouting “Allahu Akbar” on Friday, has recovered sufficiently to confirm he is Abdallah El-Hamahmy, 29.
He “gave his version of the facts,” the source said, without giving details.
It is believed the suspect lives in the United Arab Emirates and entered France on January 26 on a flight from Dubai.
He was staying in a rented apartment near the Champs-Elysees that was booked online in June, four months before he made a visa application.
Speaking in Cairo on Saturday, retired senior police officer Reda El-Hamahmy said he believed the suspect was his son and that he had been in Paris on a business trip.
But he said there were no signs his son had been radicalized.
“He went on a company trip and when it was over visited the museum. He was supposed to leave on Saturday,” he said. He said Abdallah’s pregnant wife was in Saudi Arabia with their 7-month-old son.
French authorities are also examining Hamahmy’s Twitter account after around a dozen messages were posted in Arabic minutes before the attack.
“In the name of Allah... for our brothers in Syria and fighters across the world,” he wrote, before referring to the Islamic State jihadist group in another tweet a minute later.
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