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Paris attacker 'shouting Allahu akbar' shot dead by police after stabbing victims in street Paris attacker 'shouting Allahu akbar' shot dead by police after stabbing victims in street
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Police have shot a man who launched a knife attack in Paris dead after he killed at least one person and injured four others.Police have shot a man who launched a knife attack in Paris dead after he killed at least one person and injured four others.
A witness told The Independent the assailant was shouting "Allahu akbar" and trying to get into restaurants as diners barricaded the doors.A witness told The Independent the assailant was shouting "Allahu akbar" and trying to get into restaurants as diners barricaded the doors.
"First one we thought it was two guys fighting," said Fiona, who was having dinner in Kintaro restaurant and did not want her second name published. "First one we thought it was two guys fighting," said Fiona, who was having dinner in Kintaro restaurant and did not want her second name published. 
"People that were queuing outside ran into the restaurant screaming, so everyone panicked and threw themselves on the floor.""People that were queuing outside ran into the restaurant screaming, so everyone panicked and threw themselves on the floor."
Fiona said the same man came back with the knife minutes later and was "screaming Allahu akbar".Fiona said the same man came back with the knife minutes later and was "screaming Allahu akbar".
"Some guys including my friend blocked the door in case he would try to enter," she added."Some guys including my friend blocked the door in case he would try to enter," she added.
"When we ran away they were still looking for the guy and one woman was laying down on the floor her neck was bleeding." "When we ran away they were still looking for the guy and one woman was lying down on the floor. Her neck was bleeding."
The attack took place on Rue Saint-Augustin, which is famed for its many restaurants, and videos posted on social media showed people running from the scene. The attack took place on Rue Saint-Augustin, which is famed for its many restaurants, and the attacker was shot in the adjoining Rue Monsigny.
Witnesses described panic and screams after seeing a “guy with a knife in the streets”, which have now been blocked off by security forces. Witnesses described panic and screams after seeing a “guy with a knife in the streets”.
Videos posted on social media showed people running from the scene, which was cordoned off by security forces.
A man who lives in the street said he saw a “body and a man with his hands covered in blood”.A man who lives in the street said he saw a “body and a man with his hands covered in blood”.
The multiple stabbing was launched in the Opera district of the French capital on Saturday evening. The multiple stabbing was launched at around 9pm local time (8pm BST) in the Opera district of the French capital.
A police spokesperson said five people were stabbed in the Second Arrondissement, adding: "One victim has died, two are seriously wounded and two are injured slightly. The attacker is dead." A police spokesperson confirmed that five people were stabbed in the Second Arrondissement, adding: "One victim has died, two are seriously wounded and two are injured slightly. The attacker is dead."
The chief of Paris police, Michel Delpuech, has spoken to the police officers involved in the incident and assured the victims and their families of his support, a statement added.The chief of Paris police, Michel Delpuech, has spoken to the police officers involved in the incident and assured the victims and their families of his support, a statement added.
Gerard Collomb, the French interior minister, praised the "sang froid and quick reaction of police officers who neutralised the assailant".Gerard Collomb, the French interior minister, praised the "sang froid and quick reaction of police officers who neutralised the assailant".
"The victims of this despicable act are first in my thoughts.""The victims of this despicable act are first in my thoughts."
There was no immediate confirmation of a motive for the attack. Anne Hidalgo, the mayor of Paris, said all Parisiens were at the side of those wounded and their loved ones.
"Tonight, our city was bruised," she wrote on Twitter. "I want to salute the police, whose composure, courage and professionalism have once again saved lives. They have my gratitude. I would also like to thank the emergency services that went very quickly to take care of the wounded."
There was no immediate confirmation of a motive for the attack, which came after a series of atrocities claimed by Isis in France and around the world.
Paris was the site of the deadliest Isis attack in Europe on 13 November 2015, when attackers armed with guns and suicide vests targeted the Bataclan concert hall, Stade de France and restaurants, killing 130 people.