Macron defines deadly knife attack in eastern France an ‘Islamist terror act’

On Saturday, a 37-year-old Algerian national killed an elderly Portuguese man and injured five police officers with a knife before being arrested in the French eastern city of Mulhouse. Forensic experts say the man was diagnosed with schizophrenia. French President Emmanuel Macron described the attack as an ‘Islamist’ attack. French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau said the country’s authorities had tried to extradite him multiple times, but Algeria refused his repatriation