The authorities said that a knife attack on Saturday in eastern France had left at least one person and two other wounds, in violence by Islamic President Emmanuel Macron.

Prosecutors said that the 37 -year -old Algerian man was arrested. The attack took place in the French city of Mallhaus, near the market of a covered channel. The region is the borders of Germany and Switzerland.

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The French Prosecutor’s Office for Combating Terrorism said it was dealing with the investigation. Macron said that the perpetrator was an Islamic extremist, adding that the government had a “complete decision” to respond to the attack.

France was at the maximum alert of extremist threats. Interior Minister Bruno Retario was heading to the place of the attack on Saturday evening.

The Prosecutor’s Office for Combating Terrorism said. These wounded were the police officers who intervened.

The regional prosecutor said the suspect was listed in the list of people who were marked with extremism.

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