Posted on 06/06/2017 9:26:08 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
PARIS -- A police officer shot and wounded a man who attacked a group of three officers with a hammer near Notre Dame Cathedral on Tuesday, authorities said.
Interior Minister Gerard Collomb told reporters that the man yelled "this is for Syria" when he attacked the officers.
Collomb said that an officer used his weapon to shoot the assailant.
The man was also armed with kitchen knives, Collomb said.
Paris police tweeted that one officer was wounded in the attack.
CBS Radio News' Elaine Cobbe reports that the investigation has been handed over to the police's anti-terrorism unit.
The incident happened around 4:30 p.m. Large numbers of police cars filled the area on the Ile de Cite island in the Seine River in the center of Paris.
Hundreds of people on the esplanade in front of Notre Dame were evacuated and authorities urged people to stay away from the area. People inside Notre Dame, the nearby Sainte-Chappelle cathedral and area bars and cafes were told to stay inside.
Mikey Kay, a retired wing commander for the British military, reported on CBSN that police sealed off a bridge to motor traffic near the cathedral, but it was open to pedestrian traffic.
Witnesses described a dramatic police operation in the tourist-filled area.
Lawrence Langner, a 73-year-old American visiting the neighborhood just across the Seine River from the cathedral, told The Associated Press that he suddenly heard a commotion and two detonations like gunshots.
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stuff a “small knife” can do. Don’t need a big knife....and it’s funny
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QS7KEsNQwTg
Wounded? I hope that all French officers are not such poor shots.
And in other news today, Poland still hasn’t had a single terror attack.
http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/06/05/poland-importing-muslims-terror/
Only one terrorist victim reported in Paris today! Besides, white police lives dont matter, only mooslim, hispanic and black lives matter! This is really not even newsworthy!
And likely only a handful of gang rapes!
A great day for Franceghanistan!
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That is racist, Islamaphobic and insensitive. Please report immediately to your sensitivity training. We don't want to have to report you to big brother or Hussein Obama.
“A police officer shot and wounded a man “
correction.
“A police officer shot and wounded a piece of subhuman $hit.”
that’s better.
So I guess he read the history of Charles Martell and decided to call himself the new “Hammer Of The Franks”...
Baddabing..
(Yeah... I know... but it’s Wednesday, so...)
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