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Tourists were cleared from around the Louvre museum in Paris on February 3, 2017 after a soldier shot a machete-wielding man (AFP Photo/Christophe Archambault)

From Atta’s Father to Hamahmy’s Father

by Mshari Al-Zaydi | Feb 8, 2017 | Opinion

The statement of the father of the Egyptian suspect in the Louvre attack, Abdullah Hamahmy, reminded me of that of Mohammed Atta’s father, one of the executors of the September 11 attacks. The father, a former police officer, told al-Arabiya.net it is impossible that...

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French police secure the site near the Louvre Pyramid in Paris, France, February 3, 2017 after a French soldier shot and wounded a man armed with a machete and carrying two bags on his back as he tried to enter the Paris Louvre museum. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann

Egypt’s Ministry of Interior Confirms Louvre Attack Suspect Is Egyptian

by Mohamed Hassan Shaban | Feb 5, 2017 | World

Cairo – Egypt’s interior ministry has finally admitted to the French reports that the suspect of the Louvre museum attack on Friday is Egyptian. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement on Saturday, through which it expressed Egypt’s condemnation of...

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French police officers and soldiers patrol in front of the Louvre museum on February 3, 2017 in Paris. AFP PHOTO / ALAIN JOCARD

Paris’ Louvre Reopens 24 Hours after Terrorist Attack

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Feb 4, 2017 | World

Art lovers returned to the Louvre in Paris on Saturday, a day after a soldier shot a machete-wielding attacker at the museum, believed to be an Egyptian who entered the country a week ago. The incident on Friday thrust security and the terror threat back into the...

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A police officer directs the traffic outside the Louvre museum in Paris, Friday, Feb. 3, 2017. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Machete Attacker Shot and Wounded at Louvre in Paris

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Feb 3, 2017 | World

A machete-wielding man was shot and injured as he attacked security forces in a shopping mall beneath the Louvre museum in Paris on Friday, police said. One soldier was injured in the assault by the knifeman who was shot five times and is alive despite his serious...

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A worker installs projectors June 3 at a fan zone near the Eiffel Tower ahead of the Euro 2016 soccer tournament, which begins June 10. Charles Platiau, Reuters

Exaggeration in Number of Security Forces Guarding Eiffel Tower, Louvre Draws Question Marks

by James McAuley | Jun 7, 2016 | World

Paris-They are known as “Operation Sentinel,” the imposing soldiers in camouflage uniforms who patrol beneath the Eiffel Tower and outside the Louvre with FAMAS assault rifles. Together, they form a massive security operation of some 10,000 French soldiers deployed...