The man was wearing a fake explosive vest and threatening police.
On the one-year anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo attacks, there has been another violent incident in Paris after the police have shot dead a man that was brandishing a knife and wearing a fake explosive vest at a station in the 18th arrondissement.
The incident occurred just before midday, almost one-year to the minute since the attacks on the satirical magazine that claimed the lives of 12 people and 5 others at a nearby supermarket.
According to AP, the suspect was wearing a fake explosive vest and threatening the police inside the station. Bomb disposal teams and anti-terrorist investigators were quickly on the scene.
BREAKING: French police officials: Man who threatened police with knife was wearing fake explosives vest.
— The Associated Press (@AP) January 7, 2016
French officials say the man shouted “Allahu Akbar!” (God is Great) outside the police station in Goutte d’Or, near Montmartre, before the police shot and killed him.
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