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French Police Discover Footage Proving Paris Attacker's Links to Daesh

© AP Photo / Burhan OzbibliciFrench police officers patrol outside Notre Dame Cathedral (File)
French police officers patrol outside Notre Dame Cathedral (File) - Sputnik International
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French police found a video recording proving the Notre Dame Cathedral hammer attacker's links to Daesh during a search in his house, Figaro newspaper reported Wednesday, citing a source close to the investigation.

PARIS (Sputnik) — On Tuesday afternoon, a 40-year-old man of Algerian descent armed with a hammer attacked the policemen near the cathedral.  During the attack, the man reportedly shouted references to Syria, and later details indicated that he called himself a "soldier of the caliphate."The attacker was later hospitalized with bullet wound after being neutralized by police. One of the police officers received minor injuries as a result of a hammer blow.

French police stand at the scene of a shooting incident near the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France, June 6, 2017 - Sputnik International
Man With Hammer Attacks Police Officers Next to Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris
French media reported that the attacker’s name is Farid I.

Early on Wednesday  law enforcement officers searched a house in the town of Cergy-Pontoise in the department of Val-d'Oise, where the attacker lived. The man himself is currently in custody at the hospital.

The counterterrorist unit of the Paris prosecutor's office opened an investigation into the incident.

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