French Minister of the Interior Gerard Colombe spoke about the details of the attack on the policeman, committed near the Notre Dame Cathedral. This is reported by BFMTV. According to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the attacker acted alone. Approaching the patrolman, the attacker rushed at him with a hammer and struck his face with a cry: "This is for you for Syria! "A policeman's partner opened fire to kill and shot the attacker. In addition to the hammer, two knives were found with him.

"We were faced with the fact that terrorism with the use of complex technical equipment went into the stage, when the instrument of attack can be anything," said Colomb. According to the BFMTV television channel, the attacker was a 40-year-old student from Algeria.

The wounded 22-year-old policeman is taken to the hospital, his life is out of danger. On the fact of the incident, the Paris prosecutor's office opened a case on the article on terrorism. On April 20, criminals opened fire on policemen in the Champs Elysees area in Paris. One of the guards of order was killed, two were wounded. The shooter was eliminated. The police assume that the attackers were two, one managed to escape.

Original article: The attacker on the policeman at the Notre Dame Cathedral wanted to avenge Syria.