MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Earlier in the day, servicemen patrolling the Carrousel du Louvre shopping center opened fire against a machete-wielding man who tried to enter the museum's shopping area and attacked security forces, wounding one of the soldiers.
According to local police, the attacker shouted "Allah Akbar," and was reportedly injured.
"Support to our servicemen who are at the front line against the Islamist threat and barbarism," Le Pen posted on her Twitter account.
The attack near Louvre occurred exactly two years after a similar incident in Nice on February 3, 2015, when a man attacked soldiers guarding a Jewish cultural center. As a result, one soldier got deep cuts on his cheek, the other was shot in the arm. The attacker was arrested on the spot.
