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| French soldier shoots attacker outside Louvre | French soldier shoots attacker outside Louvre |
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| A French soldier guarding the Louvre in Paris has shot a man who tried to attack a security patrol with a machete shouting "Allahu Akbar", police say. | A French soldier guarding the Louvre in Paris has shot a man who tried to attack a security patrol with a machete shouting "Allahu Akbar", police say. |
| The man, who tried to gain entry to the Louvre's shopping centre, was shot in the abdomen and seriously injured. | The man, who tried to gain entry to the Louvre's shopping centre, was shot in the abdomen and seriously injured. |
| One soldier received a head injury. | One soldier received a head injury. |
| Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said the attack was "terrorist in nature". The Louvre, home to numerous celebrated art works, is the most visited museum in the world. | |
| Police say five shots were fired at the man, who was taken to hospital. | |
| Two rucksacks belonging to the suspected attacker have been inspected but no explosives were found. A second person has been arrested. | |
| Two-hundred-and-fifty visitors were in the Louvre at the time were evacuated gradually after security checks. | |
| As the attack unfolded, they were told by security staff to crouch on the floor. | |
| France has been on a high state of alert since the Paris attacks of 2015. | |
| A series of assaults by gunmen and suicide bombers claimed by so-called Islamic State killed 130 people in November 2015. | |
| In January of the same year, 17 people were killed in an attack on the Charlie Hebdo magazine and linked shootings. | |
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