Armed Man Yelling "Allahu Akbar" Heading Toward Church Stopped by Motorist

A 38-year-old motorist stopped a man who was heading towards a church in Blanc-Mesnil, armed with a loaded machine gun, shouting "Allahu akbar."
Around 3 a.m. on July 19th, a few guests leaving a birthday party at a bar were threatened by a man with a sword. He then disappeared into the bushes of the neighboring park. The scene recurred again a few hours later:
At 7 a.m., two guests were talking in the parking lot. Yves, the bar's bouncer, was next to his car. The attacker in military uniform, wearing a paintball mask to cover his face, emerges armed with with a sword. Yves got back into his car. The attacker, riding a kind of hoverboard, turned around and went screaming towards the church.
“He was determined and that's when I see him pulling out his rifle, which he is holding in one hand,” said Yves. I know the guns and saw it was real. For me it was clear that he was going to commit an attack. I have a safety reflex when I think of the families in the church. I drive off and hit him in the back. He falls from his machine. He rose, turned around, puts sword blows on my hood. And begins to point his gun. I was very afraid. "
The man had on him "a saber and a semi-automatic rifle." A cartridge was chambered in the rifle. During the search of his home in Villemomble, two other machine guns were found. This 32-year-old man, who had a blood alcohol level close to 1 g per liter of exhaled air, was taken into custody for willful violence with a weapon, threats with a weapon, detention, carrying and transporting a weapon. But the case was not transmitted to the anti-terrorism prosecution.
"He certainly shouted Allahu akbar, but has no worrying judicial record and nothing else has been found for the moment that could suggest radicalization. He was nevertheless very dangerous," said the prosecutor's office.
“I saw myself die when he took out his submachine gun,” says Yves. I had the advantage of arriving behind his back, it also allowed me not to have to accelerate too hard. "
Source: LeParisien