2017 Levallois-Perret attack
On the morning of 9 August 2017, a car rammed into a group of soldiers in the Levallois-Perret commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris. Six soldiers patrolling the area as part of Opération Sentinelle were injured in the attack, three of them seriously. The driver fled the scene and, several hours later, was shot and arrested by an elite police unit on a highway near the town of Marquise, Pas-de-Calais after attempting to ram a roadblock. According to the French police the incident was terrorist-related. The attack is part of a series of similar attacks by jihadists in Western countries.
| 2017 Levallois-Perret attack | |
|---|---|
| Part of Islamic terrorism in Europe | |
Levallois-Perret (car-ramming) Marquise, Pas-de-Calais (arrest) | |
| Location | Levallois-Perret, Hauts-de-Seine, France |
| Coordinates | 48°53′42″N 2°17′14″E |
| Date | 9 August 2017 07:45 (car-ramming), 13:30 (arrest) (UTC+1) |
| Target | Soldiers taking part in Opération Sentinelle |
Attack type | Vehicular attack |
| Weapons | BMW vehicle |
| Deaths | 0 |
| Injured | 6 (+1 attacker) |
| Perpetrator | Hamou Benlatrèche |
| Motive | Islamist terrorism |
On 23 August 2017 French prosecutors pressed terrorism charges against the suspect, 36-year-old Algerian Hamou Benlatrèche, who was said to have "radical beliefs and showed interest in the Islamic State group." He was later sentenced to 30 years in prison.