Paris knife attack suspect born in Chechnya, parents in custody: judicial source

A knifeman who killed one person and wounded four others in a suspected terror attack in central Paris was born in Chechnya in 1997, a judicial source said today.

The parents of the attacker, who witnesses said shouted "Allahu akbar" during the assault on Saturday night before being shot dead by police, have been taken into custody, the source added.