Knifeman ‘shot dead by police in Paris after threatening officers at rail station’

A knifeman is claimed to have threatened officers with a knife inscribed with the letters ACAB – All Cops Are Ba*****s’ (Image: Reuters)

Police in Paris have shot lifeless a knifeman at a significant railway hub, a cupboard minister says.

The person is believed to have threatened and attacked officers with a 12-inch knife with the letters ‘ACAB’ written on it – that means All Cops Are Ba*****s – earlier than they opened fireplace.

Authorities don't at the moment imagine the incident on the Gare du Nord station on Monday morning was terror associated.

French transport minister Jean-Baptiste Djebbari informed RMC radio: ‘The one that attacked them died on the spot’.

He added that two law enforcement officials had sustained minor accidents and that the attacker ‘was a person recognized to the police as somebody who wandered round within the station.’

Mr Djebbari continued: ‘He seems to have attacked the police with a knife, forcing them to make use of their weapon.’

The Paris-based journalist Peter Allen mentioned that the person ‘had been a hazard to police and travellers’ on the station.

French police safe the scene in Paris (Image: Reuters)

Officers say they have been attacked by the person, with two sustaining minor accidents (Image: Reuters)

Video on social media, which claims to be from the scene, reveals some individuals operating earlier than two loud photographs are heard.

Gare du Nord is one in every of Europe’s greatest practice stations and residential to Eurostar practice providers from London.

Mr Djebbari mentioned transport had been disrupted within the capital following the police’s intervention on the station.

France’s Inside Minister tweeted earlier that the incident occurred at round 7am native time on Monday morning, including that no members of the general public had been damage.

Gare du Nord is a busy station which takes passengers on Eurostar trains from London (Image: Reuters)

The assault just isn't believed to be terror associated (Image: Reuters)

The knifeman is claimed to have died from his accidents at round 9am.

Police union Alliance described the attacker as an ‘anti-police terrorist’ who had focused the police ‘with a knife with a purpose to kill them’, regardless of the assault not being regarded as terror associated.

Regular service on Eurostar trains appeared to have resumed by Monday afternoon.

Concern over violent crime and terrorism are among the many key points for French voters forward of April’s presidential election.