Great that the police acted proactively. Take no chances.
Man with cleaver killed by Paris police on anniversary of Charlie Hebdo attacks
By Atika Shubert and Tim Hume, CNN
Updated 1412 GMT (2212 HKT) January 7, 2016
Story highlights
- Police kill man with cleaver after he tried to enter a northern Paris police station, officials say
- Man reportedly shouted “Allahu Akbar”; he was wearing a fake suicide “pouch,” official says
- Attack occurred on the first anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo killings in the city
(CNN)Police shot and killed a man wielding a cleaver Thursday after he tried to enter a northern Paris police station, French authorities said.
The man was shouting “Allahu Akbar,” Interior Ministry spokesman Pierre-Henry Brandet told CNN affiliate BFMTV.
He wore a pouch of what appeared to be explosives, but it turned out to be fake, Paris prosecutor’s spokeswoman Agnes Thibault-Lecuivre told CNN.
The attack in Barbes, near the police station in Goutte D’Or, took place on the one-year anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo killings, the first of deadly jihadist attacks that have roiled the French capital over the past 12 months.
