Knifeman kills one and leaves three injured in stabbing rampage in Paris before being shot dead by police – By Stewart Paterson (dailymail.co.uk) / May 12 2018
At least one person has been killed and others injured after a knifeman went on a rampage in central Paris tonight before being shot dead by police.
Four people were injured in the attack which took place near the city’s main opera house in an area full of bars, restaurants and theatres which were brimming on a weekend night.
The French government denounced the attack as ‘odious’ as armed French police swarmed the area tonight.
Journalist Charles Pellegrin said: ‘I came out of a comedy show near Opera in central Paris and was immediately told to go back in because there was a madman with a knife.
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Pictures from Twitter appear to show a man lying in the middle of a street after a knifeman went on a rampage in Paris today
A heavy police presence remains at the scene of the attack which unfolded in central Paris today
‘Once back inside we heard sirens and two gun shots.
‘I then spoke to eyewitnesses who told me a man stabbed multiple people at random.’
And witness Fiona Zanetti said she was in a restaurant when a crown began to panic and she saw ‘blood’, ‘a guy with a knife in the street’ and ‘people screaming’.
She added: ‘Me and my friend managed to run away when the police started to block the streets I’m good at home, but please share so people don’t go there.’
Four people in total were injured in the city’s Opera district, it was reported
A judicial source said authorities were looking into whether the anti-terrorism prosecutor’s office should be handling the case.
Interior Minister Gerard Collomb hailed in a tweet the ‘sang-froid and reaction of the police who neutralised the attacker.’
The identity of the attacker and the reason for it are unclear.
France has been on high alert as a string of jihadist attacks have claimed the lives of over 245 people around France in the past three years.
