French President Francois Hollande says there’s “no doubt” that the attack on the Louvre Museum was of a “terrorist nature.” He said the situation around the Paris landmark museum is “totally under control” but the overall threat to France remains.
CBS Radio News correspondent Elaine Cobbe says the assailant was shot and wounded after pulling a machete on the soldiers guarding the entrance to the museum from the adjoining, underground shopping area known as Carrousel du Louvre.
Sources told CBS News the man had an Egyptian passport, he is 28 years old.
One soldier fired a total of five shots. A second individual was taken into custody following the attack, but Interior Ministry spokesman Pierre-Henry Brandet said it would be up to prosecutors to determine his involvement, if there was any. Form your own opinion...
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