Young French Muslim convert admits attacking soldier

A 22-year-old converted Muslim has confessed to the attempted murder of a French soldier in Paris at the weekend.

The subject of an intense manhunt since the Saturday stabbing, he was arrested on Wednesday and immediately admitted the act, which he said was inspired by his religious teachers and was designed to strike at an “authority figure”.

“I can only underscore the violence of the extremely rapid attack on the soldier. And the fact that the intention at the time was to kill seems very obvious as the perpetrator did not hesitate,” said Paris prosecutor François Molins.

I don't like where Europe is headed with these racial tensions. Between the Stockholm riots and now this everything seems to be going backwards.