At least two people were wounded in a knife attack on Friday near the former offices of the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris, police said. 9News
He promised the government's "unfailing attachment to freedom of the press, and its determination to fight terrorism."French soldiers patrol in Paris after the stabbings, in which two people are thought to have been hurt.
"This tragic episode shows us once again that fanaticism, intolerance, the origins of which will be revealed by the investigation, are still present in French society....There is no question of ceding anything," the newspaper said. Moreira said a man in the street "attacked two people who were in front of the building, didn't enter the building, and who attacked them with an axe and who left." He said the company had not received any threats.
Associated Press reporters at the scene saw police flood the neighbourhood in eastern Paris near the Richard Lenoir subway station, which remained cordoned off hours later. Children were sequestered in nine schools while police scoured the area, but were later released, according to the Paris school district.
The widows of the two brothers who forced their way into the newspaper's offices and opened fire at a morning editorial meeting were scheduled to testify Friday afternoon.It is unclear what motivated the attack or whether it had any link to Charlie Hebdo, which moved offices after they were attacked by Islamic extremists in 2015, who killed 12 people inside.
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