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| French Police Shoot and Kill Man After a Fatal Knife Attack on the Street | |
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| PARIS — A knife-wielding man decapitated a teacher near a school in a suburb north of Paris on Friday afternoon and was later shot dead by the police, according to officials quoted by French media. | |
| A police officer with knowledge of the attack confirmed French media reports that the victim was a teacher at a local school who had shown caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed in class. The officer requested anonymity because of the ongoing investigation. | |
| France’s antiterrorism prosecutors immediately took over the investigation, and Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin cut short a trip to Morocco to fly back to Paris. | France’s antiterrorism prosecutors immediately took over the investigation, and Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin cut short a trip to Morocco to fly back to Paris. |
| There was little other information about either the victim, the attacker or the incident, which took place in the suburb of Eragny, immediately available. | |
| A police union official told the French television station BFM on Friday that witnesses saw the assailant cutting the victim’s throat. | A police union official told the French television station BFM on Friday that witnesses saw the assailant cutting the victim’s throat. |
| The national police were called, officials said, and after discovering the decapitated victim, confronted the assailant nearby, close to a school. | The national police were called, officials said, and after discovering the decapitated victim, confronted the assailant nearby, close to a school. |
| Brandishing a large knife, he threatened the officers, and after refusing to surrender, was shot 10 times, they said. | Brandishing a large knife, he threatened the officers, and after refusing to surrender, was shot 10 times, they said. |
| A prosecutor from the country’s special antiterrorism unit was immediately sent to investigate, officials said. | A prosecutor from the country’s special antiterrorism unit was immediately sent to investigate, officials said. |