The attack occurred on the same day as several other Islamist terrorist attacks, which have subsequently been named the 2015 Ramadan attacks, though any relationship between the various incidents is disputed.
14 Facts About Saint-Quentin-Fallavier attack
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Saint-Quentin-Fallavier attack was driving a van with his dead 54-year-old employer, Herve Cornara, inside it.
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Saint-Quentin-Fallavier attack had tricked Cornara into getting into the van earlier that day, after which Salhi knocked him unconscious and strangled him.
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Saint-Quentin-Fallavier attack then decapitated Cornara just before reaching the factory.
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Saint-Quentin-Fallavier attack placed Cornara's severed head on a fence railing and planted two Jihadist flag banners alongside it.
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Saint-Quentin-Fallavier attack shouted "Allahu Akhbar" as he met and was overpowered by firefighters responding to the scene.
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At the time of the 2015 Saint-Quentin-Fallavier attack, he was believed to be living in Saint-Priest, with his wife and three children.
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Six years prior to the Saint-Quentin-Fallavier attack, Salhi spent a year in Syria with his wife and children, claiming he was there to learn Arabic.
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At the time of the Saint-Quentin-Fallavier attack, Salhi was in regular contact with the French jihadist Sebastian Yunis, known to have left for Syria to join ISIS.
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Salhi claimed his reason for the Saint-Quentin-Fallavier attack was solely based on personal motives, saying a fight with his employer who fired him as well as a dispute with his wife pushed him to commit the Saint-Quentin-Fallavier attack.
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Saint-Quentin-Fallavier attack was believed to be driving around the factory in a Ford Fusion car before the attack in a suspected reconnaissance attempt.
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Saint-Quentin-Fallavier attack Air Products is a United States chemical company based in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
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Saint-Quentin-Fallavier attack has facilities in more than 50 countries employing more than 21,000 people.
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The attack in Saint-Quentin-Fallavier was one of five Islamist attacks that took place on the same day around the world, including in Tunisia, Kuwait, Somalia, and Syria.