Condition of wounded suspect in Louvre attack worsens

PARIS — French authorities say the health condition of an Egyptian man suspected of charging soldiers at Paris’ Louvre Museum with a machete has taken a turn for the worse.

The suspect has been hospitalized in Paris since he was shot four times by soldiers after slightly injuring one in an underground part of the museum complex Friday morning.

The suspect, Abdullah Reda Refaie al-Hamahmy, was put under supervised custody at a hospital Saturday evening after his condition improved.

But the Paris prosecutor’s office said Tuesday night the custody had to be “lifted” after his condition “sharply deteriorated during the day.”

He had started to answer investigators’ questions Monday.