Paris: Police officers shoot man with knife

Created: 02/14/2022, 10:15 am

By: Tanja Koch

The shots were fired at Paris-Nord train station, as shown by recordings on social networks (symbol image).

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Police shot and killed a man with a knife in the Paris area on Monday morning.

Paris - Two police officers shot dead a man armed with a knife in the Gare du Nord train station in Paris.

The person threatened a police patrol in France on Monday morning with a knife about 30 centimeters long, the police said.

Accordingly, the lettering "ACAB" was to be read on the blade, which stands for "All Cops are Bastards" (all cops are bastards).

The incident happened around 7 a.m. on public transport in the greater Paris area, Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said on Twitter.

The officials had used the weapon and thus "avoided the danger to themselves and the passengers".

Transport Secretary Jean-Baptiste Djebbari told radio station RMC that the attacker was apparently known to the police "because he often hung around the station".

Paris: Police shoot man with knife

Footage posted by users on social media: A short video clip, which could not be directly verified, shows armed uniformed men at the Gare du Nord before gunshots are heard.

The train station is an important transport hub in the French capital and the busiest train station in the country.

(dpa/afp)

There was a knife attack on journalists in Paris in September 2020.

Two people were injured near the former offices of the "Charlie Hebdo" editorial office.