Egyptian (29) attacker in Louvre

paris - The man Friday at the Louvre in Paris wanted to commit a terrorist attack with a machete comes from Egypt. That prosecutor Francois Mollins Friday confirmed during a press conference.

The 29-year-old offender was on January 26 in the French capital. He was flown from Dubai on a tourist visa valid for a month. The Egyptian was shot by observant soldiers and was seriously injured.

The interior minister of Egypt by his ambassador in Paris informed of the probable identity of the attacker was brandishing a machete and 'Allahu akbar' (God is great) shouted. He was not known to the French police.