One person is stabbed to death and 'British tourist' is among two injured after 'assailant shouted "Allahu Akbar" before attacking passersby in central Paris near the Eiffel Tower' - as suspected 'who said he hated Muslims being killed' is arrested

A man has been killed and a British tourist is among two others badly injured during a knife attack in Paris tonight.

The victim - who has not been named - was set upon by an assailant who reportedly screamed 'Allahu Akbar' - Arabic for God is the greatest - on Saturday night.

The English man sustained a head wound after he was attacked with a hammer, The Parisian reports. 

The bloodbath happened on the Grenelle quay, close to the Eiffel Tower in the 15th arrondissement of the French capital, at around 10pm.

Police later confirmed that the deceased was a tourist with duel German and Filipino nationality, who was slashed in the back and shoulder by a man screaming 'Allahu Akbar'. 

A police source said that the attacker was known for psychiatric disorders and had said he could not stand Muslims being killed in the world.  

One person died and another was injured, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter.

The minister said: 'The police have just courageously arrested an assailant attacking passersby in Paris, around the Quai de Grenelle.

'One deceased person and one injured person treated by the Paris fire brigade. Please avoid the area.' 

The attacker was arrested soon afterwards, and is currently in custody and facing a possible murder charge.

Officers said there was no early indication as to the motive of the stabbing, but it follows a series of bomb, gun and knife attacks carried out by Islamic State and al-Qaeda operatives in France, dating back to early 2015 - many of whom have shouted 'Allahu Akbar' while carrying out their crimes.

The deadliest single terrorist attack ever in the country came in November 2015 when 130 people were killed in Paris.

Suicide bombers pledging allegiance to ISIS targeted the Stade de France, cafes, restaurants and the Bataclan music venue, where 90 died.

Earlier in the year, two Paris-born gunmen linked to Al-Qaeda broke into the offices of the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine, leaving 17 people dead inside and three outside.

In July 2016, 86 people were called and more than 400 injured when a 19 tonne truck was deliberately driven into crowds on the seafront promenade at Nice, which is just 20 miles from Cannes.

The terrorist turned out to be a Tunisian immigrant who was shot dead by police.

During the same month, two Isis terrorists murdered an 86-year-old Catholic priest during a church service in Normandy.

And in October 2020, three people were stabbed to death by a Tunisian immigrant in the Notre Dame basilica in Nice.

There have also been frequent knife attacks on the forces of law and order, leading to the deaths of serving police.