BREAKING: Two dead, one injured after knife attack in Paris
Thu Aug 23, 2018 10:03:am World
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Two people have been killed and another seriously injured in a knife attack in Paris.
The attacker was shot dead by police in Trappes, France, after making threats against officers.
Sources say the man, believed to be in his 30s, shouted: ‘Allahu akbar, if you enter I smoke you all' from inside a house after attacking people with a knife, Le Parisien reports.
Some sources say the knifeman was known to police although this is yet to be confirmed.
A French security source said: ‘The incident took place soon after 10am. A man attacked passers-by in rue Camille Claudel in Trappes.
‘He disappeared into a house when police arrived at the scene, and when he came out he was shot.'
Armed police are at the scene and are urging locals to avoid the area.
...story still developing...
METRO UK
The attacker was shot dead by police in Trappes, France, after making threats against officers.
Sources say the man, believed to be in his 30s, shouted: ‘Allahu akbar, if you enter I smoke you all' from inside a house after attacking people with a knife, Le Parisien reports.
Some sources say the knifeman was known to police although this is yet to be confirmed.
A French security source said: ‘The incident took place soon after 10am. A man attacked passers-by in rue Camille Claudel in Trappes.
‘He disappeared into a house when police arrived at the scene, and when he came out he was shot.'
Armed police are at the scene and are urging locals to avoid the area.
...story still developing...
METRO UK
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