The ‘’soldier of the caliphate’’ shot after launching himself at police with a hammer in Paris yesterday had worked as a journalist in Sweden prior to moving to France, and had even been awarded a prize from the EU for his writing on supposed Swedish discrimination against illegal immigrants.
The man, recovering from a chest wound after being shot by police during yesterday’s attack on police outside Paris’ Notre Dame Cathedral has been identified as Algerian national, Farid Ikken. Details on his identity are emerging today in French and Swedish media.