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Police stabbed in central Paris people advised to avoid

Another knife attack against the police was made in Paris on Thursday evening. The victim is seriously injured.

18.7. 23:25•Updated 18.7. 23:59

A police officer has been seriously injured in a knife attack on the famous Champs-Élysées shopping street in Paris on Thursday evening. of the chief of police of Paris By Laurent Nunez according to the boutique’s guard, a moment earlier, he had called the police to report a man who appeared to be carrying a knife.

According to Nunez, the attacker was also seriously injured in the incident.

Paris police have advised people to avoid the Champs-Élysées shopping and cafe street. TV pictures show how armed police have secured the area.

The stabbing was the latest in a series of incidents in Paris this week. On Monday, a French soldier guarding outside the Gare de l’Est train station was stabbed. On Wednesday evening, one person was killed and several others were injured when a car crashed into the terrace of a cafe near the famous Père-Lachaise cemetery. The police are investigating whether the act was intentional.

Paris is currently in the highest possible state of alert, as the Summer Olympics in the city’s core will start in a week on July 26. In addition to athletes and dignitaries, millions of race tourists are expected at the Olympics.

Source: Reuters

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