"A new radical Islamic terrorist has just attacked in Louvre Museum in Paris. Tourists were locked down. France on edge again. GET SMART U.S.," Trump tweeted.
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'GET SMART U.S.': Trump warns after man he calls 'radical Islamic terrorist' attacks Louvre museum in Paris
President Donald Trump called for the US to "get smart" following reports that a man armed with a machete attacked a soldier near the Louvre museum in Paris on Friday morning.
French police officers, soldiers, and firefighters in front of the street entrance of the Carrousel du Louvre in Paris on Friday.
The motive for the attack was not immediately clear, but the police said the aggressor screamed "Allahu akbar," or "God is great," during the attack. He was carrying a machete and two rucksacks, according to the police. No other information about the attacker has been released.
The attacked soldier suffered a small wound on his scalp. A second soldier shot at the attacker five times and seriously wounded him, according to the French interior ministry.
The police said the attacker, while conscious, was transferred to the Pompidou hospital.
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French Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said that it was "visibly" an "attack of terrorist nature" and that the antiterrorism prosecutor's office had opened an investigation.
Barbara Tasch contributed reporting to this story.
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