Update (1735 EST): French media is now reporting the attack is from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and stabbed the soldier "to take revenge on the military in my country.".At approximately 1625 EST, a French soldier under Opération Sentinelle was stabbed after an Islamist walked up to him and shouted "Allahu Akbar" at Gare de l'Est in Paris France..https://twitter.com/amaurybrelet/status/1812942043536310279?s=46&t=fwloThPnqgTH71QlDeR_hA.The soldier was stabbed in the shoulder and is alive. He has been transported to Percy Hospital and the suspect has been arrested..Opération Sentinelle is an ongoing French military operation with 10,000 soldiers and 4,700 police and gendarmes deployed since the aftermath of the January 2015 Île-de-France attacks, with the objective of protecting the deemed sensitive "points" of the territory from terrorism. The operation has been expanded in preparation for the Olympics..This is developing.
Update (1735 EST): French media is now reporting the attack is from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and stabbed the soldier "to take revenge on the military in my country.".At approximately 1625 EST, a French soldier under Opération Sentinelle was stabbed after an Islamist walked up to him and shouted "Allahu Akbar" at Gare de l'Est in Paris France..https://twitter.com/amaurybrelet/status/1812942043536310279?s=46&t=fwloThPnqgTH71QlDeR_hA.The soldier was stabbed in the shoulder and is alive. He has been transported to Percy Hospital and the suspect has been arrested..Opération Sentinelle is an ongoing French military operation with 10,000 soldiers and 4,700 police and gendarmes deployed since the aftermath of the January 2015 Île-de-France attacks, with the objective of protecting the deemed sensitive "points" of the territory from terrorism. The operation has been expanded in preparation for the Olympics..This is developing.