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French Prime Minister Jean Castex visited the crime scene near the former "Charlie Hebdo" office on Friday afternoon
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GONZALO FUENTES / REUTERS
After the knife attack near the former office of the satirical newspaper "Charlie Hebdo", politicians in France and the rest of Europe reacted in horror.
French Prime Minister Jean Castex visited the crime scene on Friday afternoon, as did Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin and Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo.
Castex said the state would tirelessly "fight terrorism".
At least two people were injured in the attack on Friday morning.
The anti-terror prosecutor is investigating the suspicion of attempted murder in connection with a terrorist act.
The two seriously injured are said to be two young employees of the Premières Lignes press agency, which is based in the same building as "Charlie Hebdo".
The two employees took to the streets late in the morning for a cigarette break, and the attack took place shortly afterwards, according to the latest reports with a machete.
Castex confirmed that the two victims are journalists.
They are "not in mortal danger".
He called the crime scene a "symbolic place".
The editorial team of "Charlie Hebdo" also responded: "The entire Charlie team supports its former neighbors and colleagues and is in solidarity with them."
EU Council President Charles Michel also expressed his condolences.
All my thoughts are with the victims of this cowardly act of violence, "wrote Michel on Twitter. His solidarity goes to the French people." Terror has no place on European soil. "
Italian Prime Minister Conte calls act "cowardly attack"
Italy's Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte also expressed solidarity with France.
He described the act on Twitter as a "cowardly attack".
"We feel close to the French people and are following the development of the situation with concern," he wrote.
Italy stands on the side of those who oppose all forms of violence.
During his visit, Prime Minister Castex also referred to the ongoing terrorism process surrounding the bloody attack on "Charlie Hebdo" in January 2015.
Since the beginning of the month, eleven defendants have been on trial in Paris.
The terrorism process surrounding the bloody Islamist attack on "Charlie Hebdo" has been running in Paris since the beginning of the month.
14 people are charged.
A total of 17 people were killed in the series of attacks lasting several days in January 2015.
In addition to the attack on the editorial staff of "Charlie Hebdo", a kosher supermarket in Paris was also attacked.
The three perpetrators were shot dead by security forces.
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