Police in Paris arrest man who killed one person and injured two more

Tourists look at the illuminated Eiffel Tower in Paris (Thibault Camus/AP, File)
Tourists look at the illuminated Eiffel Tower in Paris (Thibault Camus/AP, File)

Police arrested a man who targeted passers-by in Paris on Saturday night, killing a German tourist with a knife and injuring two others, France’s interior minister said.

Police subdued the man, a 25-year-old French citizen who had spent four years in prison for planning a violent offence.

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