An attempted murder enquiry has been opened in Paris after two Muslim cousins were "stabbed repeatedly" underneath the Eiffel Tower, prosecutors have confirmed.
French police have arrested two female suspects following the suspected racist attacks which were allegedly accompanied by the words "Dirty Arabs!".
Those in custody – who have not been named – are described as being white women of ‘European appearance’, who now face ‘attempted murder’ charges, said city prosecutors.
It follows rising tensions caused by the beheading of a teacher in the Paris suburbs last Friday by a radicalised terrorist infuriated that cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed were shown to children.
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