Man Shouted “Allahu Akbar" in the Cathedral of Cambrai

Country: France

Date of incident: March 25, 2018


Shortly before the Palm Sunday Mass in the cathedral Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, a unidentified man shouted “Allahu Akbar” into the microphone. When approached by a parishioner, he ran away. Notably, the incident happened two days after an ISIS-inspired terrorist attack in southern France.

According to reports, the man was "visibly psychologically fragile" and looked "more marginal than dangerous."

Source: La Voix du Nord

Photo: Interior of Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Grâce de Cambrai by  Velvet, CC BY-SA 4