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Paris Attacker Swore Allegiance To Islamic State Group: Prosecutors

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The man who stabbed a tourist to death near the Eiffel Tower in Paris swore allegiance to the Islamic State group in a video posted to social media, French anti-terrorist prosecutors said Sunday.

Known to the authorities as a radicalised Islamist who had social media connections to perpetrators of other recent attacks in France, the assailant had also been subject to close psychological surveillance for mental health issues, senior prosecutor Jean-Francois Ricard told reporters.

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The man who stabbed a tourist to death near the Eiffel Tower in Paris swore allegiance to the Islamic State group in a video posted to social media, French anti-terrorist prosecutors said Sunday.

Known to the authorities as a radicalised Islamist who had social media connections to perpetrators of other recent attacks in France, the assailant had also been subject to close psychological surveillance for mental health issues, senior prosecutor Jean-Francois Ricard told reporters.

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