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WORLD NEWS Saturday 26 September 2020
Paris stabbing suspect wasn't on police radar, minister says

By ANGELA CHARLTON and evacuated.
OLEG CETINIC Moreira said a man in
PARIS (AP) — The main sus- the street "attacked two
pect in the double stabbing people who were in front
Friday outside the former of the building, didn't en-
Paris offices of a satirical ter the building, and who
newspaper where dozens attacked them with an
were killed in 2015 was ar- axe and who left." He said
rested a month ago for car- the company had not re-
rying a screwdriver but not ceived any threats.
on police radar for Islamic A tweet from Charlie Heb-
radicalization, France's in- do posted not long after
terior minister said. the attack said: "All the
Two suspects were arrest- team at Charlie offers sup-
ed separately shortly after port and solidarity to its
the stabbing in which two former neighbors and col-
people were wounded, al- leagues at PLTVfilms and to
though the links between the people hit by this odi-
the two suspects weren't ous attack."
immediately clear. The Associated Press reporters
main suspect, the young at the scene saw police
man, was arrested on the flood the neighborhood
steps of the Bastille Opera Police officers stand by a knife, seen on the ground, in Paris, Friday, Sept. 25, 2020. in eastern Paris near the
not far from the attack site, Associated Press Richard Lenoir subway sta-
near the building where tion, which remained cor-
the weekly Charlie Hebdo rorist motive because of not been released. An in- its determination to fight doned off hours later. Chil-
was located before the the place and timing of vestigation was opened terrorism." dren were sequestered in
2015 attack. the stabbings: in front of into "attempted murder in In a tweet, Charlie Hebdo nine schools while police
The interior minister said the building where Charlie relation with a terrorist en- strongly condemned the scoured the area, but were
the young man arrived in Hebdo was based until the terprise," according to an stabbings. later released, according
France three years ago as Islamic extremist attack on official at the terrorism pros- "This tragic episode shows to the Paris school district.
an unaccompanied minor, its cartoonists and at a time ecutor's office. us once again that fa- Witness Kader Alfa told The
apparently from Pakistan, when suspects in the 2015 French Prime Minister Jean naticism, intolerance, the AP at the scene: "I saw a
but his identity was still be- attack are on trial across Castex said the lives of the origins of which will be re- guy that was in his 30s or
ing verified. town. two wounded workers were vealed by the investigation, 40s with an axe in his hand
"But manifestly it's an act Prosecutor Jean-Francois not in danger. He offered are still present in French so- who was walking behind a
of Islamist terrorism," Interior Ricard said that the chief the government's solidarity ciety....There is no question victim covered in blood."
Minister Gerald Darmanin suspect in Friday's stab- with their families and col- of ceding anything," the A wrenching, two-month
said in an interview with the bings was arrested, along leagues. newspaper said. trial in the Charlie Hebdo
France 2 television station. with another person. Ricard The prime minister noted The two people confirmed attacks is currently unfold-
"Obviously, there is little said the assailant did not the "symbolic site" of the at- injured worked for docu- ing at the main Paris court-
doubt. It's a new bloody at- know the people who were tack, "at the very moment mentary film company Pre- house. Murmurs broke at
tack against our country, stabbed, a woman and a where the trial into the atro- mieres Lignes, according to the terrorism trial of 14 peo-
against journalists, against man working at a docu- cious acts against Charlie founder Paul Moreira. He ple, including 3 fugitives,
this society." mentary production com- Hebdo is under way." He told France's BFM television accused of helping the at-
France's counterterrorism pany who had stepped promised the government's that the attacker fled into tackers in the January 2015
prosecutor said earlier that outside for a smoke break. "unfailing attachment to the subway, and the com- killings, as the news filtered
authorities suspect a ter- The suspects' identities have freedom of the press, and pany's staff members were through. q

Turkey slams US speaker over remarks on Trump, Erdogan

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — on the U.S. president to "(Pelosi's) rise to become
Turkey's foreign minister honor his oath of office Speaker of the House is
on Friday accused US and the U.S. Constitution. what is truly worrisome for
House Speaker Nancy Pe- "We do know who he ad- American democracy,
losi of "blatant ignorance" mires. He admires (Rus- given her blatant igno-
over her comments that sian President Vladimir) rance," Cavusoglu wrote.
questioned U.S. President Putin, he admires Kim "You will learn to respect
Donald Trump's commit- Jong Un, he admires Er- the Turkish people's will."
ment to democracy and dogan in Turkey," Pelosi Trump has been fanning
his alleged "admiration" said. uncertainty as he floats
of Turkey's President Re- She added: "But I remind theories the election may
cep Tayyip Erdogan and him, you are not in North be "rigged" if he loses,
other leaders accused of Korea, you are not in Tur- echoing warnings he
authoritarian rule. key, you are not in Russia, made ahead of the 2016
Pelosi criticized Trump's Mr. President." voting — even though
refusal to commit to a Foreign Minister Mevlut past elections have not Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. speaks during
peaceful transfer of pow- Cavusoglu took to Twitter shown substantial evi- a news conference Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020 on Capitol Hill in
er if he loses elections in to admonish Pelosi over dence of fraud from mail- Washington.
November, and called her remarks. in voting. q Associated Press