French police shot and wounded a person carrying a knife at a practice station in Paris, town’s prosecutor’s workplace has mentioned.
The person was shot within the legs after which inflicted knife wounds on himself, based on the prosecutor’s workplace. The incident happened at Montparnasse station within the French capital, town’s prosecutor officer mentioned in a press release.
The person was “known for domestic violence”, the assertion added.
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A police supply advised Reuters the person had threatened his spouse and kids in a Paris suburb earlier than taking a practice destined for Montparnasse, the place police have been ready for him.
When officers confronted him, he threatened to kill himself and was then shot, the supply added.
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French firefighters run by way of the corridor of the station. Pic: Reuters
The prosecutor’s workplace mentioned not less than one gunshot was heard.
A witness advised Reuters they heard a number of photographs.
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A Reuters photographer on the station mentioned the police intervention induced a crowd surge by way of the concourse.
Police evacuated the station, which serves suburban commuter routes in addition to high-speed trains to the nation’s west and southwest.
One other witness advised BFM TV he heard a loud bang earlier than panic broke out.
“It took me two or three seconds to realise what was happening. People started saying: ‘We have to get out of here, we have to leave quickly,’ so that got my heart racing and I got up and ran,” the witness mentioned.
