French authorities announced that a 25-year-old Afghan refugee stabbed one person to death and injured another in Bordeaux, France, on the day of Eid al-Fitr. The assailant was subsequently shot dead by the police.
The incident, which occurred on Wednesday, the first day of Eid al-Fitr, saw an attacker targeting two men near the Garonne River in Bordeaux.
Frédérique Porterie, the public prosecutor of Bordeaux, identified the perpetrator as an Afghan refugee. Porterie informed reporters that the attacker confronted the men over consuming alcohol during Eid and then assaulted them with a knife.
Following the assault, law enforcement officers intervened, resulting in the death of the attacker.
According to French authorities, the victims of the attack were two Algerian men aged 26 and 37.
The Bordeaux public prosecutor disclosed that the Afghan refugee had been granted French asylum in September 2021. However, there is currently no evidence indicating that the attack was motivated by terrorism.
