The authorities of France consider the attack on security in prison a terrorist attack

In France, the police stormed the meeting room in the Konde-Sur-Sart prison, where it neutralized and detained the convict and his wife. This was announced on Twitter by the head of the French Ministry of Internal Affairs Christoph Castaner.

#Condésursarthe : le détenu et sa compagne on été interpellés par le rad dont je veux sater le coureage, le sang-freeisme.une fois encore, Nos Policiers Ont Fait Honneur à Leur Uniforme, et à leur devise: “Servir Sans Faillir”. RESPECT et GRATITUDE.

- Christophe Castaner (@ccastaner) March 5, 2019

Before that, the prisoner shouts "Allah Akbar!" He inflicted several stabs with a knife to two guards. According to the BFM channel, the special operation lasted for more than an hour. According to unconfirmed media reports, the attacker said that it was on an explosive belt. According to sources in law enforcement, during the assault, the attacker and his wife were seriously injured. The woman died from the wounds received.

The Minister of Justice of France Nicole Belube called the attack a terrorist attack.

According to media reports, prisoner Michael Shiolo, who accepted Islam in 2010, is serving a 30-year period of imprisonment. As follows from the materials of the criminal case, in 2012 he, along with two accomplices, for the purpose of robbery, he abducted, and then tortured and killed the 80-year-old former prisoner of Nazi concentration camps. It was believed that he "radicalized in prison." However, he was not transferred to the block for Islamists.

In prison, he was convicted of public justification of terrorism after he chanted the Bataklan’s courtyard. Thus, he expressed the approval of the actions of the organizers of the terrorist attacks in the concert hall "Bataklan" in Paris on November 13, 2015. Then at least 130 people died.