A man has been shot by police outside the cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris after he tried to attack an officer using a hammer, police say.<\/p>\n
The suspect has been wounded in the chest, French media report. Officials say this is a “terrorist incident”.<\/p>\n
Some 900 people are still inside the cathedral. Pictures on social media show some holding their hands up.<\/p>\n
France is in a state of emergency since attacks by jihadists in Paris left 130 people dead in 2015.<\/p>\n
The area around the cathedral has been closed. People have been asked to stay away. Eyewitnesses said tourists fled for cover.<\/p>\n
“I was about to come inside [the cathedral] and heard the noise, the gunshots, turned around and saw the assailant on the ground where they had shot him,” said Kellyn Gorman, an American tourist.<\/p>\n
“It was very safe, very quickly contained.”<\/p>\n
The Notre-Dame is one of the most visited tourist sites in Paris. Last year, police foiled an attack near the site.<\/p>\n
The incident comes just three days after extremists used a van and knives in an attack in London which left seven dead.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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