One person died and three others were seriously injured on Saturday in a knife attack in France's Mulhouse that President Emmanuel Macron said was an 'Islamist terror act', Reuters reported. France's national anti-terror prosecutors unit (PNAT),

As he began his attack, the 37-year-old was heard shouting, “Allahu akbar,” according to France’s antiterrorism police. The Arabic phrase, meaning “God is great,” is an everyday expression used in religious and nonreligious settings alike, but has also become a war cry in some terrorist attacks by Islamic fundamentalists.