The man suspected of trying to attack a group of soldiers and police officers with a machete in a mall beneath the Louvre Museum in Paris has been identified as a 29-year-old Egyptian who was in the country on a tourist visa, Paris prosecutor Francois Molins said Friday evening.
Molins said the attacker, who was not named, was carrying 15-inch military machetes in each hand and lunged at four soldiers while shouting "Allahu Akbar" ("God is great" in Arabic).
The suspect wounded one soldier and then lunged at a second, attempting to stab him, according to Molins. The soldier kicked the attacker away, but the alleged assailant lunged again, prompting a soldier to open fire. The suspect continued his attack, and a soldier shot him again, Molins said.