Four stabbed near former Charlie Hebdo office
Four people were injured when unknown perpetrators attacked passers-by at Friday noon in Paris, near the former editorial offices of the satirical Charlie Hebdo magazine. French Prime Minister Jean Castex announced. An investigation by the French police is in full swing.
Police sources say that two of the victims sustained life-threatening injuries. French police closed the area around the building where officers also found a suspicious package tat contained some substance resembling explosives. Investigators initially reported two suspects, but police are currently looking for only one alleged perpetrator, Reuters says, citing French Prime Minister Jean Castex.
Charlie Hebdo knife attack breaking: Paris police say a suspect believed to have wounded four people in stabbing near the former offices of satirical newspaper #CharlieHebdo has been arrested.
Initially police thought it was 2 men, they now believe it was only one. – #France pic.twitter.com/u9wilYIgNU
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In January 2015, armed Muslim extremists attacked Charlie Hebdo s editorial office, slaughtering 12 journalists and cartoonists.