Brahim Bahrir

Brahim Bahrir (27 June 1978 – 13 February 2026) was a French convicted terrorist.

Biography

Bahrir was born in Mantes-la-Jolie in 1978.[1]

Activities in Belgium

In the early 2000s, he regularly travelled to Belgium and became close to the organisation Sharia4Belgium.[2] In 2006, he regularly communicated with the Belgian terrorists Malika El Aroud and Mohammed Merah. A year later, he aimed to wage jihad in Somalia.[3]

On 8 June 2012, Bahrir took a Thalys train to the Beekkant metro station in the Brussels region with a knife and stabbed two police officers in revenge for a ban on the wearing of the burqa in Belgium,[4] He was arrested following the incident, and sentenced to 17 years imprisonment on terrorism charges.[5] He was released on December 24, 2025.[6]

Activities in France

On February 13, 2026, while the police were performing a service of honor for the ceremony of rekindling the flame on the tomb of the unknown soldier, Bahrir committed an assassination attempt under the Arc de Triomphe in Paris by attacking gendarmes with a knife, wounding a gendarme with a knife, he was quickly neutralized by gendarme fire at around 6:30 p.m [7] The following day, a letter of allegiance to the Islamic State was found in his possession.[8]

After being hospitalised following the attack, Bahrir died on the 13 February 2026.[9]

References

  1. ^ "L'assaillant de l'Arc de Triomphe avait été condamné en Belgique pour terrorisme en 2013". La Libre (in French). AFP. 2026-02-19. Retrieved 2026-02-19.
  2. ^ "Qui est Brahim Bahrir, l'assaillant de l'Arc de triomphe, déjà jugé en Belgique pour terrorisme ?". Franceinfo (in French). 2026-02-14. Retrieved 2026-02-19.
  3. ^ "Attaque d'un gendarme à Paris : l'assaillant Brahim Bahrir avait été condamné en Belgique pour terrorisme en 2013". sudinfo.be (in French). 2026-02-14. Retrieved 2026-02-19.
  4. ^ "Attaque d'un gendarme à Paris : l'agresseur, Brahim Bahrir, est mort des suites de ses blessures, il avait attaqué des policiers à Molenbeek en 2012 !". sudinfo.be (in French). 2026-02-13. Retrieved 2026-02-19.
  5. ^ "L'assaillant de l'Arc de Triomphe avait été condamné en Belgique pour terrorisme en 2013". RTBF (in French). Retrieved 2026-02-19.
  6. ^ "Paris. Condamné pour terrorisme, libéré en décembre... Ce que l'on sait de l'assaillant de l'Arc de Triomphe". Le Dauphine (in French). 2026-02-14. Retrieved 2026-02-19.
  7. ^ "Attaque au couteau sur les Champs-Elysées : le suspect neutralisé est bien connu en Belgique, il avait déjà agressé des policiers". RTL Info (in French). 2026-02-13. Retrieved 2026-02-19.
  8. ^ "Gendarme attaqué à Paris, une lettre d'allégeance à Daech retrouvée". Valeurs actuelles (in French). 2026-02-14. Retrieved 2026-02-19.
  9. ^ "L'homme qui a attaqué des gendarmes près de l'Arc de triomphe est mort, annonce le Parquet antiterroriste". Franceinfo (in French). 2026-02-13. Retrieved 2026-02-19.
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