Knifeman shot dead as he lunged at police in Germany after two ‘jihadi’ attacks in France in 48 hours
THREE suspected extremists have gone on knife rampages in Europe in just 48 hours – with one attacker shot dead in Germany tonight.
The 37-year-old man lunged at cops with the blade as they sat in a patrol car in Gelsenkirchen yelling “Allahu Akbar” – meaning God is the Greatest.
Cops asked him to stop but he continued to threaten the officers so they opened fire.
He was declared dead at the scene outside the police station at around 7.40pm local time.
Police confirmed tonight the man, who has previous convictions for violent crimes, is a Turkish national but lived in Germany.
It came after a knifeman was shot in France today – just two days after a suspected terrorist stabbed a man to death in Paris.
The 28-year-old suspected Islamist extremist threatened crowds in Metz at around midday while shouting “Allahu Akbar”.
TWO FRANCE STABBINGS
Cops began shooting at the knifeman’s legs and he has since been taken away.
Christian Mercuri, the Metz public prosecutor, said the attacker was “known to be radicalised” and had a personality disorder.
He was on an “S-file” – an official list of people monitored for possible links to militant groups – including ISIS.
It comes after 22-year-old Nathan Chiasson went on a bloody rampage in Paris on Friday – killing one and seriously injuring two others.
The attacker, who was not wearing any shoes and was allegedly in a suicide vest, was shot dead by police following the horror in the Hautes-Bruyères park at around 2pm.
It followed a series of bomb, gun and knife attacks carried out by ISIS and al-Qaeda operatives in France and Germany, dating back to early 2015.
SPATE OF ATTACKS
The deadliest single terrorist attack ever in France came in November 2015 when 130 people were killed in Paris.
Suicide bombers pledging allegiance to ISIS targeted the Stade de France, cafes, restaurants and the Bataclan music venue, where 90 died.
Earlier in the year, two Paris-born gunmen linked to Al-Qaeda broke into the offices of the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine, leaving 17 people dead inside and three outside.
In July 2016, 86 people were killed and more than 400 injured when a 19 tonne truck was deliberately driven into crowds on the seafront promenade in Nice.
The terrorist turned out to be a Tunisian immigrant who was shot dead by police.
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During the same month, two ISIS terrorists murdered an 86-year-old Catholic priest during a church service in Normandy.
And in Germany in December 2016, 11 people died and 55 were injured when a truck ploughed into a Christmas market.
Just months before, an asylum seeker stabbed five people on a train near Würzburg, while a Syrian refugee blew himself up outside a music festival in Ansbach injuring 15.