Tunisian man identified as French knife attack suspect
Brahim Aouissaoui did not say anything about a plan to kill people the day of the attack in the southern French city, his family told Arabic-language press.
A Tunisian man has been identified as the assailant accused of killing three people with a knife in a French church on Thursday.
Brahim Aouissaoui is suspected of carrying out the deadly knife attack in Nice. Aouissaoui allegedly stabbed three people to death at the Basilica of Notre-Dame before he was shot and arrested. He is now in the hospital in critical condition.
The incident has been linked to recent controversial comments made by French President Emmanuel Macron. Earlier this month, a French teacher was gruesomely beheaded by a Muslim student after showing images of Islam's Prophet Muhammad in class. Many Muslims find such images offensive and blasphemous. Macron defend the late teacher and freedom of expression in response and refused to disavow the pictures.
There was another knife attack at the French Consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, the same day. Many Muslims leaders have criticized Macron’s remarks and some Middle Eastern supermarkets are now boycotting French goods.
