2016 Magnanville stabbing
On 13 June 2016, a police officer and his partner, a police secretary, were stabbed to death in their home in Magnanville, France, located about 55 km (34 mi) west of Paris, by a man convicted in 2013 of associating with a group planning terrorist acts. Amaq News Agency, an online outlet said to be sponsored by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), said that a source had claimed that ISIL was behind the attack, an assertion that was later validated.
| 2016 Magnanville stabbing | |
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| Part of Islamic terrorism in Europe | |
| Location | Magnanville, France |
| Coordinates | 48°58′05″N 1°40′58″E |
| Date | 13 June 2016 c. 9:00 p.m. CEST (UTC+2) |
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| Deaths | 3 (including the perpetrator) |
| Perpetrator | Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant |
| Assailant | Larossi Abballa |
| Motive | Islamic extremism |
Prosecutor François Molins said the attacker, Larossi Abballa, appeared to be acting on a recent general order from Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi to "kill miscreants at home with their families" during the month of Ramadan. On 18 June, prosecutors charged two men, on suspicion that Aballa was not acting alone. One of them was released seven months later, in January 2017, under court-supervised parole.