Champs-Elysees assailant swore allegiance to ISIS
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The 31-year-old assailant, who died Monday in a failed attack in Champs-Elysees, Paris, left a letter in which he pledged allegiance to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the head of the Islamic State, a source close to the investigation said on Tuesday.
In this letter, found by the investigators and intended for his brother-in-law, the suspect claims to have claimed his firearms license was for sport shooting in order to hide his terroristic intent, confirming Information from the French news channel BFMTV.
