Knife-wielding man maybe wearing suicide belt shot dead trying to enter Paris police station

January 7th, 2016

Awake Goy

Police in Paris have shot dead a man who tried to enter a police station armed with a knife, police union sources are reporting, as cited by Reuters.

The French broadcaster iTele says the incident took place at the Goutte d’Or police station in Paris’ 18th district.

Anna Polonyi, a journalist from the New York Times, has published a photo of a man lying on the ground outside the building. She said a robot appears to be inspecting the body.

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An eyewitness said two or three shots were heard, AFP reports. Police have sealed off the area.

The man armed with a knife allegedly attacked on-duty policemen, with one officer receiving injuries, according to local media reports.

Police union sources told Reuters the knife-wielding attacker was shot and killed.

There were also reports that the man was believed to have shouted “Allah Akbar” as he tried to gain entry to the station. He may have been wearing a suicide belt, an interior ministry spokesman Pierre-Henri Brandet said on BFMTV, as cited by Reuters.

The incident comes as Paris marks the first anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo attacks, which killed 12 people on January 7, 2015.

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