Paris police HQ attacker recently converted to Islam - BFM TV

The police employee who killed four of his colleagues at the Paris police headquarters was a recent convert to Islam, French television BFM TV said on Thursday.

The 45-year-old attacker killed three police officers and an administrative worker, three men and one woman, before being shot dead by an officer, the Paris prosecutor said earlier.

(Writing by Matthieu Protard Editing by Geert De Clercq)

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