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How did the Paris terrorist attack on November 2 happen?

One person was killed and two more were injured by a man armed with a knife and a hammer

The attacker, who was known to the authorities, was taken into custody
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Here is what we know so far about the terrorist attack in Paris on November 2:

On Saturday evening, 26 year-old Armand Rajabpour-Miyandoab, a Franco-Iranian former biology student released a video announcing his intention to commit a terrorist attack.

Minutes later, Rajabpour-Miyandoab, appeared near the Eiffel Tower armed with a hammer and a knife.

At around 21:00 he stabbed a German tourist and immediately fled the scene. The victim, a 24-year-old nurse born in the Philippines, died of his wounds.

Rajabpour-Miyandoab then crossed to the north side of the Seine via the Bir Hakeim bridge.

He was then briefly confronted by police, whom he evaded, shouting “Allah akbarâ€. BFMTV reports that he told the police he was wearing an explosive vest.

He then attacked two more people: a 66-year-old British tourist, who was struck around the eye with a hammer-like object, and a 60-year-old French man.

Both have since been discharged from hospital.

Rajabpour-Miyandoab was then tasered by the police and taken into custody.

Pic: Visactu / The Connexion

The perpetrator was known to the police and security services, but his complex psychiatric profile “made surveillance more difficultâ€, said the Prefect of Paris police Laurent Nuñez.

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