Here’s the latest on this breaking news, the attempted Islamist terror attack in France at the Louvre.

Via AP.

PARIS — The Latest on an attack outside the Louvre Museum in Paris (all times local):

6:40 p.m.

French police officials say the Louvre attacker is believed to be an Egyptian national.

Police union officials Yves Lefebvre and Luc Poignant say investigators have elements indicating that the attacker is an Egyptian. They were not able to provide more details on the identity of the man and the type of evidence that investigators have on him.

The man was shot by French soldiers after he attacked them Friday near the Louvre Museum in Paris and has been hospitalized.

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5:45 p.m.

The founder of the Museum Security Network says the Louvre Museum coped well with the attack by a man with knives.

Ton Cremers, former security chief at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, said the Louvre took quick action to protect visitors in a secure area while the police and military scoured the area outside the world famous museum for possible explosives.

Cremers says: “They did what they should do and what they had to do.”

He says all major museums have detailed contingency plans in place for dealing with emergencies that may develop when there are thousands of visitors inside.

The trend intensified about two decades ago when the Getty Museum in Los Angeles published a book about emergency planning. He says the museum, located in a city where earthquakes often pose a hazard, can house and feed 1500 people for several days if needed.

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  1. dennisl59 says:

    “The man was shot by French soldiers after he attacked them Friday near the Louvre Museum in Paris and has been hospitalized…” Congratulations…you failed to ‘solve the problem’, if you know what I mean…

    posted 2/3 155pm Texas[Body Mass]Time

  2. TigerAim says:

    Well, surprise, surprise – an Egyptian national; wha’dya know? You mean, it wasn’t a Trump supporter, or at least someone just saying the name “Donald Trump”??!

  3. Alain41 says:

    Off topic; DJT & Melania attended/hosted the Red Cross Ball at Mar-a-Lago Saturday night. I wish that whomever picked the theme, had picked a different one. Theme: From Vienna to Versailles. I’m sure that it was fabulous, recreating parts of the 2 palaces. However, what historical figure went from Vienna to Versailles? Oh yeah, Marie Antoinette.

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