Sallah Ali has been identified as the man who attacked a Paris police station exactly one year after the deadly Charlie Hebdo attacks. Police say he was identified by fingerprints–matching someone with a previous arrest for robbery back in 2013. It is believed that Sallah was at one time homeless and was “IS obsessed.”
Sallah was holding a butcher’s knife and shouted “Allahu akbar”–or “God is greatest”–before he was shot dead outside the Goutte d’Or station while trying to attack officers.
Sallah Ali was also carrying a piece of paper with the ISIS flag and a note handwritten in Arabic. He was also wearing fake explosive vest/belt.
Images from the scene of the shooting show police securing the area with guns drawn and numerous security vehicles.
Warning, some photos may be graphic.
Officers fatally shot a man as he tried to attack a police station in Paris https://t.co/jGBR7pvs4A pic.twitter.com/9VovtOKx0h
— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 7, 2016
Armed man killed after threatening Paris police station https://t.co/bGGGPflCPo pic.twitter.com/nb2xAnIxM0
— HuffPost (@HuffPost) January 7, 2016
Man shot outside Paris police station was wearing fake explosive belt, reports say https://t.co/D2OzfRlFmp pic.twitter.com/JpECcTcFHX
— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) January 7, 2016
Man shot by Paris police shouted Allahu Akbar, may have worn suicide belt: https://t.co/fo8AUMCbpD pic.twitter.com/OTj53AQ0FS
— Reuters (@Reuters) January 7, 2016
