Editor’s note: See updates below.
Breaking news out of Paris where we’re seeing reports that police officers have shot and killed a man who attacked them with a hammer outside of Notre Dame cathedral:
#BREAKING: Police officer shoots at attacker near Notre Dame in #Paris; Suspect tried to attack police officer with a hammer pic.twitter.com/G1IwXanyW3
— Amichai Stein (@AmichaiStein1) June 6, 2017
French police have shot a man outside of the Notre Dame in #Paris after he tried to attack them with a hammer https://t.co/07rRur2gQu pic.twitter.com/TSJN3EkRG2
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) June 6, 2017
UPDATE: Paris officials say policeman was attacked by a man with a hammer.
Suspect was shot. Attacker is alive & taken to the hospital. pic.twitter.com/HaAqEJiHbN— CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) June 6, 2017
JUST IN: Paris police shoot and injure a man who attacked an officer with a hammer at the Notre-Dame Cathedral https://t.co/chYLxLsYcI pic.twitter.com/BgYQ4SgNmU
— CNN International (@cnni) June 6, 2017
A tourist live-tweeted the incident from inside Notre Dame. Of note, he was in London for the London Bridge attack:
OK maybe 'trapped' was too strong a word. something was happening outside we don't know what it is but they're not letting anyone in or out
— Matthew Currie Holmes (MCH) (@mch2k) June 6, 2017
They are assuring us to the center of the church and asking us to sit in the pews. #NotreDamedeParis
— Matthew Currie Holmes (MCH) (@mch2k) June 6, 2017
Reports indicate that a gunman was out front the police have shot him. I cannot confirm this b/cme and my family are stuck in the church
— Matthew Currie Holmes (MCH) (@mch2k) June 6, 2017
Needless to say my family and I are a little on edge. We were in London when the London bridge attacks happened?
— Matthew Currie Holmes (MCH) (@mch2k) June 6, 2017
Everyone is safe! #NotreDamedeParis pic.twitter.com/7OmNso737T
— Matthew Currie Holmes (MCH) (@mch2k) June 6, 2017
Former Former White House Deputy National Security Advisor and Ambassador to the UN Nancy Soderberg tweets from inside Notre Dame:
Locked inside #notre dame cathedral in #paris while police investigate attack outside against a policeman. All calm pic.twitter.com/Z4B8wUzPTV
— Nancy Soderberg (@nancysoderberg) June 6, 2017
We’ll update this post with any new information.
Editor’s note: This post has been updated.
Update. Well, there’s the motive:
French Minister Gérard Collomb says the Paris attacker said “This is for Syria.”
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) June 6, 2017
The suspect has been identified as an Algerian student:
https://twitter.com/mustafa__bag/status/872124412597764096
The police officer was “slightly injured”:
Police officer, 22, "slightly injured" in neck after hammer attack. Minister says attacker, an Algerian student shouted "This is for Syria".
— Kim Willsher (@kimwillsher1) June 6, 2017
The attacker was also reportedly carrying knives:
PARIS ATTACKER shouted "IT IS FOR SYRIA"
An Algerian student, he was alone. Attacked using a hammer but had 2 knives in rucksack. @FoxNews— Benjamin Hall (@BenjaminHallFNC) June 6, 2017
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