Paris knife attacker had USB drive with information on colleagues

An IT worker who stabbed four people to death at Paris police hequarters with a knife h a USB drive with personal details about his colleagues, according to a local newspaper reported on Monday. assailant on Thursday killed three police officers and an ministrative officer before being shot de by police. initial investigations have disclosed that Martinique-born man has converted his religion to Islam and h contacts with persons who are believed to belong to an Islamist Salafist movement. local newspaper reported on its website that a USB memory device found in perpetrator's house h personal details about several dozen of his colleagues at police hequarters as well as several Islamic State propaganda videos.

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Authorities fear that cops' lives could be in danger

newspaper ded that it was unclear wher attacker h shared this information with ors. Authorities fear that cops' lives could be in danger if insights regarding ir personalities or dresses fall in inappropriate hands. police sources could t immediately comment on newspaper's reports. French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe told a newspaper on Sunday that he h requested inspectors to review procedures in intelligence department of police hequarters and anti-terror intelligence unit to distinguish indications of ricalization among government employees.

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A similar incident

In a similar incident, on May 21, 2018, a 21-year-old Chechnya-born French citizen, armed with a knife, killed one pedestrian and injured several more near Palais Garnier, opera house in Paris, France, before being fatally shot by police. attack occurred in area of Rue Saint-Augustin and Pass Choiseu. French President Emmanuel Macron said France h "paid once again price of blood but will t cede an inch to enemies of freedom." suspect was identified as Khamzat Azimov, h been on a counter-terrorism watchlist since 2016. A news ncy released a video of a hooded person pledging allegiance to ISIS and ISIL leer Abu Bakr al-Baghdi, who claimed to be attacker. Europol has classified attack as jihist terrorism.

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(with inputs from ncies)