French media reported that the attackers outside Notre Dame Cathedral threatened other road users before targeting police officers. The police officer was attacked and shot twice, injuring the suspect, French police confirmed to Fox News. Currently, the condition of the police officer being attacked is not serious, the attacker has also been taken to the hospital.
French interior minister Gerard Comb said the attackers also carried two kitchen knives and other basic weapons. Initial information shows that the attacker was an alberian student and acted alone, according to Gerard Comb.
Police have blocked the square in front of Notre Dame Cathedral and urged people to stay away from the area. About 900 visitors were trapped inside the Cathedral after the attack. Paris prosecutors have opened a terrorist investigation into the attack.
This was the first attack since French President Emmanuel Macron took office. The attack outside Notre Dame Cathedral took place days before the second round of the French parliamentary election.
The capital Paris is on a high security alert after a series of attacks by Hoi giao rebels in recent years. In January this year, a man attacked soldiers outside a shopping mall near the Louvre. This name shouted "Allahu Akbar" (The Great God) before being shot and injured by soldiers. Another shooting into a police car on Champs Elysees Avenue, Paris last April killed one person and injured two others. The attacker was killed by police at the scene.
