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French policeman stabbed during gas canister car arrests French policeman stabbed during gas canister car arrests
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A policeman in France has been stabbed during an operation to arrest three women in connection with a car found with gas canisters near Paris' famous Notre Dame cathedral last Sunday. A French policeman has been stabbed during an operation to arrest three women over a suspect car containing gas canisters, which was found near Notre Dame cathedral in Paris on Sunday.
Police opened fire after the stabbing in Boussy-Saint-Antoine, south-east of Paris, wounding one of the women. Police shot and wounded one of the women during the operation in Boussy-Saint-Antoine, south-east of the city.
Officials said the suspects were "radicalised" and appeared to have been preparing an immediate attack. One of the three women, aged 19, reportedly swore allegiance to so-called Islamic State.
In November, 130 people died in Paris in attacks by so-called Islamic State. In November, 130 people died in Paris in attacks by the group.
A state of emergency has been in place in France since then.A state of emergency has been in place in France since then.
The Peugeot 607 was found early on Sunday on the Quai de Montebello, just metres from the cathedral which attracts millions of tourists every year. A Peugeot 607 containing gas canisters was found early on Sunday on the Quai de Montebello, just metres (yards) from the cathedral, which attracts millions of tourists every year.
The car had its hazard warning lights flashing and no number plates, police said. The car had its hazard warning lights flashing and no number plates, police say.
Documents with writing in Arabic were also found in the car, police said. One of the canisters, on the front passenger seat, was empty, and there were no detonators inside.
One of the canisters, on the front passenger seat, was empty, and there were no detonating devices inside. Documents with writing in Arabic were also found in the car, police say.
Suspects 'stressed'
Boussy-Saint-Antoine resident Joachim Fortes Sanchez, 21, said he had seen the three women - aged 39, 23 and 19 - before they were arrested during Thursday night's operation.
They "appeared stressed, they were looking all around", he told AFP news agency.
When they were arrested, "a young woman pulled out a knife and struck a policeman... It happened very quickly".
The French interior ministry tweeted that the police officer had been stabbed in the shoulder. It said his injuries were not life-threatening.
Police went on to search an apartment the three women had been seen leaving.
The 19-year-old woman, said to be a daughter of the car's owner, is the main suspect in the suspected plot.
A source close to the investigation told RTL radio (in French) a letter had been found in which she pledged allegiance to IS.
The letter said the three women wanted to avenge the death of the group's chief strategist, Abu Muhammad al-Adnani, in Syria in August, the station reported.
The suspects "had been radicalised, were fanatics and were in all likelihood preparing an imminent, violent act", said Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve.
Investigators, he said, had been in a "race against time".
According to French media, the car owner was on an intelligence watch-list. He has already been questioned.
A man on the terrorism watch list was arrested on Wednesday as well as an associate of the car's owner.A man on the terrorism watch list was arrested on Wednesday as well as an associate of the car's owner.
French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said the three women arrested on Thursday - aged 39, 23 and 19 - "had been radicalised, were fanatics and were in all likelihood preparing an imminent, violent act".
Investigators, Mr Cazeneuve said, had been in a "race against time".
One of those arrested is reportedly the daughter of the car owner who had already been questioned.
According to French media, the car owner was on an intelligence watch-list.