Paris police arrest a suspect believed to be responsible for wounding four people in a knife attack near the former offices of satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo.
Paris police have arrested a suspect believed to be responsible for wounding four people in a knife attack near the former offices of satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo.
Associated Press reporters at the scene saw police flooding into the neighbourhood in eastern Paris, near the Richard Lenoir subway station. A police official said that while authorities initially thought two attackers were involved, they now believed it was only one person, who was detained near the Bastille plaza in eastern Paris.Two of the wounded suffered critical injuries and were in "absolutely urgent" condition, the official said.The police official said officers had cordoned off the stabbing scene, including the former Charlie Hebdo offices, after a suspicious package was noticed nearby.
It is unclear what motivated the attack or whether it had any link to Charlie Hebdo, which moved offices after 12 people were killed in an attack by Islamic extremists in 2015.The satirical newspaper
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