The Islamic State's Amaq news agency claimed that the attacker was one of the 'fighters for the Islamic State'.
It is reported that the attacker shouted "Allahu Akbar" as he stabbed two women.
'It was a 20-minute boat ride journey of about 500 metres, but it must have been a giant leap together for the two staunchly secular leaders, Modi and Macron,' says Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.