A knife-wielding assailant killed a 29-year-old man and injured four others in a lively neighbourhood near Paris鈥� famed Opera Garnier before he was killed by police Saturday night. The Islamic State group claimed the attacker as one of its 鈥渟oldiers.鈥�
Counterterrorism authorities took charge of the investigation, and President Emmanuel Macron vowed that France would not bow to extremists despite being the target of multiple deadly attacks in recent years.
A French judicial official says friend of dead Paris knife attacker has been detained for questioning in Strasbourg.
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The Associated Press
