Knifeman kills mother, sister in Paris suburb attack
French police shot and killed the terrorist who stabbed 3 people in Trappes; ISIS assumes responsibility for the attack but provides no evidence; police launches investigation into the matter.
"The police operation is over ... the person was neutralized and is dead," the local prefecture said on Twitter.
The Islamic State issued a statement claiming responsibility for the attack but provided no evidence. The statement came before it was confirmed that the victims were relatives of the attacker.
BFM TV said the attacker shouted "Allahu Akbar", but police could not immediately confirm it.
"The reason behind the attack and his profile are not known yet and are being looked into," a police source said.
Counter-terrorism officials have yet to be asked to join the investigation, a judicial source said.
Trappes is an underprivileged town situated in an overall wealthy area west of Paris. Dozens of radicalised youths from the town of about 30,000 habitants have left for Syria.
The Islamic State leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, in his first purported speech in nearly a year, has called on followers to fight on despite recent defeats, according to an audio recording posted on the group's media outlet on Wednesday.
