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Hero Bystander Detains Stabbing Attacker in Paris, Terror Probe Underway

7/28/2026

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Police detained a man who stabbed three women at Porte de Clichy, after Mohamed-Ali Bouhadjar (26) pinned the attacker, prompting Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez to praise him as courageous.
Snapchat and X video shows the attacker wielding knives and saying, “It is Allah who commanded me.”
Police have not verified the attacker’s identity or motive while Nuñez said statements were incoherent and a prosecutor is weighing a terrorism investigation.

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Police detained a man who stabbed three women at Porte de Clichy, after Mohamed-Ali Bouhadjar (26) pinned the attacker, prompting Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez to praise him as courageous.
Snapchat and X video shows the attacker wielding knives and saying, “It is Allah who commanded me.”
Police have not verified the attacker’s identity or motive while Nuñez said statements were incoherent and a prosecutor is weighing a terrorism investigation.