Alleged Louvre attacker's father says son is not a terrorist
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The father of an Egyptian man suspected of attacking French soldiers guarding the Louvre says his son is not a terrorist, and that he led a normal life with his wife and infant son.
"If he is convicted, God be with us. But if he is innocent, they owe us an apology," the father said at the family home in the Nile Delta city of Mansoura.
"He is a very respectable man who never had a problem with anybody, he never had any sort of political views," he said. "His main concern in his life was his work in the United Arab Emirates," he said, adding that his son had gone to France on a "work assignment."
Egyptian officials have identified the suspect as Abdullah al-Hamahmy. Abdullah has lived in Dubai for the past five years, employed by what his father said was a law firm.
The Paris prosecutor's office says the attacker was shot four times Friday after lightly wounding a soldier patrolling an underground mall near the famous Paris museum, but that the alleged attacker's injuries are no longer life-threatening.
