Paris, France (AP) – A French police union official says four police officers have died in a knife attack carried out by an administrator at the Paris police headquarters.
The attacker was shot to death.
Union official Loic Travers said the attack on Thursday appears to have begun in an office and continued elsewhere inside the large compound across the street from Notre Dame Cathedral.
Travers says the motive is unknown, but the employee allegedly responsible apparently never posed any problems before.
French President Emmanuel Macron has gone to Paris police headquarters, where an employee armed with a knife killed at least four police officers.
Macron’s office said the president wanted to show solidarity and support toward all police officers and employees. The assailant was shot to death.
The French prime minister, interior minister and Paris prosecutor were also on the scene.
(Associated Press)
