Changes

The Paris Police Prefecture Massacre was a murder of four people by a knife attack perpetrated on Oct. 3, 2019, by an IT worker employed at a high-security police station located on the Île de la Cité.  This location was not far from the [[Notre Dame de Paris]] cathedral in [[Paris]].

The '''Paris Police Prefecture Massacre''' was a murder of four people by a knife attack perpetrated on Oct. 3, 2019, by an IT worker employed at a high-security police station located on the Île de la Cité.  This location was not far from the [[Notre Dame de Paris]] cathedral in [[Paris]].

The attack illustrated the infiltration of French law enforcement by [[Islam]]ic extremists. As reported by French news:<ref>https://www.france24.com/en/20191010-france-bans-protest-questioning-motive-of-paris-police-killer-1</ref>

The attack illustrated the infiltration of French law enforcement by [[Islam]]ic extremists. As reported by French news:<ref>https://www.france24.com/en/20191010-france-bans-protest-questioning-motive-of-paris-police-killer-1</ref>

{{cquote|The assailant, Mickael Harpon, converted to Islam about 10 years ago and, according to investigators, had adopted increasingly radical beliefs and been in contact with a radical Salafist [[imam]].}}

{{cquote|The assailant, Mickael Harpon, converted to Islam about 10 years ago and, according to investigators, had adopted increasingly radical beliefs and been in contact with a radical Salafist [[imam]].}}

The perpetrator held a top secret security clearance.<ref>https://spectator.org/frances-fifth-column-terrorist-infiltration-of-the-paris-police-force/</ref>  He was shot dead to end the attack.

The perpetrator held a top-secret security clearance.<ref>https://spectator.org/frances-fifth-column-terrorist-infiltration-of-the-paris-police-force/</ref>  He was shot dead to end the attack.

The [[conservative]] [[France|French]] newspaper ''[[Le Figaro]]'' explained:

The [[conservative]] [[France|French]] newspaper ''[[Le Figaro]]'' explained:

{{cquote|If we didn’t see this coming, it’s because we didn’t want to. And if we didn’t want to, it’s because we in France are in denial about Islamic extremism. It’s a malady, a deliberate blindness that we can overcome only by admitting it.}}

{{cquote|If we didn’t see this coming, it’s because we didn’t want to. And if we didn’t want to, it’s because we in France are in denial about Islamic extremism. It’s a malady, a deliberate blindness that we can overcome only by admitting it.}}

== References ==

== References ==

 

{{Terrorism}}

{{Terrorism}}