Paris : French officials say a man armed with a knife was shot to death by officers at a police station in northern Paris. Two officials say the man had wires extending from his clothing, and an explosives squad is on site. The two officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation was ongoing, said the shooting came shortly after noon, the anniversary of the attacks against the Charlie Hebdo newspaper.Minutes before, French President Francois Hollande had paid homage to police officers killed in the line of duty, including three police shot to death last January.
Explosives experts were deployed to the scene Police said the neighbourhood in northern Paris was locked down after the shooting. France has been on high alert ever since the shootings at the Charlie Hebdo office and at a Jewish supermarket in which 17 people died over three days. Many of the attackers in both January’s rampage and the attacks in November were known to French security services, having either travelled abroad to fight with extremists or been prevented from doing so.
