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Paris's Notre-Dame: Attacker shot outside cathedral Paris's Notre-Dame: Attacker shot outside cathedral
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Police have shot a man who attacked an officer with a hammer outside the Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris.Police have shot a man who attacked an officer with a hammer outside the Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris.
The man shouted "This is for Syria" during the attack, officials say. Authorities are treating it as a terrorist incident. The man shouted "this is for Syria" during the attack, the interior minister said. Prosecutors have opened a terrorism investigation.
The officer suffered minor injuries. The suspect was wounded in the chest when another policeman opened fire.The officer suffered minor injuries. The suspect was wounded in the chest when another policeman opened fire.
Tourists fled for cover as the attack unfolded. Hundreds of people were at the cathedral at the time. Tourists fled for cover as the attack unfolded. Hundreds of people were in the cathedral at the time.
France is in a state of emergency since attacks by jihadists in Paris killed 130 people in 2015.France is in a state of emergency since attacks by jihadists in Paris killed 130 people in 2015.
French Interior Minister Gérard Collomb said that the assailant on Tuesday afternoon had carried the identity card of an Algerian student. The assailant on Tuesday afternoon carried kitchen knives and the identity card of an Algerian student, French Interior Minister Gérard Collomb said.
Anti-terrorist prosecutors have opened an investigation. The man, who was being treated in hospital, has not been named.
Paris police said on Twitter that the situation was now "under control" and that the hundreds of people who were inside the cathedral would slowly be allowed out. France, a favourite target - Hugh Schofield, BBC News, Paris
The terrorist spotlight has swung to Britain, but no-one in France is under the illusion that the country is safe. Squads of soldiers with automatic weapons at the ready are a regular sight on the streets of Paris. France remains a favourite target for the propagandists of so-called Islamic State.
What intrigues is the similar character of four recent attacks in Paris: at the Louvre in February, where a man attacked a soldier with a machete; at Orly airport in March, where an attacker was killed after trying to take a gun from a soldier; on the Champs-Elysées last month, where a gunman killed a policeman before himself being killed; and now this.
Different from the recent UK atrocities - and the earlier French attacks in Paris and Nice - none of these recent French attacks was against random targets. They were all conducted by lone men. And they were all against clearly identified symbols of the state.
As police declared the situation "under control", hundreds of people were being allowed to leave the cathedral.
Kellyn Gorman, an American tourist, said: "I was about to come inside [the cathedral] and heard the noise, the gunshots, turned around and saw the assailant on the ground where they had shot him."Kellyn Gorman, an American tourist, said: "I was about to come inside [the cathedral] and heard the noise, the gunshots, turned around and saw the assailant on the ground where they had shot him."
"It was very safe, very quickly contained.""It was very safe, very quickly contained."
Notre-Dame is one of the most visited tourist sites in Paris. Last year, police foiled an attack near the site.Notre-Dame is one of the most visited tourist sites in Paris. Last year, police foiled an attack near the site.
The incident comes just three days after militants used a van and knives in an attack in London which left seven dead.The incident comes just three days after militants used a van and knives in an attack in London which left seven dead.
Recent terror attacks in FranceRecent terror attacks in France
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