By Sarah Keane • Published: 16 Oct 2020 • 19:23
A gunman ‘shouting Allahu Akbar’ has been shot by police in Paris after he reportedly ‘beheaded’ a man in the street.
While initial reports were that a man had been ‘beheaded’ by a gunman in the Conflans-Saint-Honorine area of Paris, police sources later confirmed that he had been stabbed in the throat. A local official said that when police arrived at the scene, the gunman began threatening them with his weapons.
“The unidentified killer then fled to the nearby town of Eragny-sur-Oise, around two miles away, where he refused to surrender. He was waving a gun by this time and further threatened officers,” said the source. “This is when he was shot dead by police. Around ten shots were heard.”
Agence France-Presse reported that the ‘beheaded’ victim was found at 5:30pm near a school.
France’s Anti-terror prosecutor PNAT is now opening a case into the incident.
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Former teacher and health services manager with a Degree in English, Sarah moved to Spain from Southern Ireland with her husband, who runs his own car rental business, in 2019. She is now enjoying a completely different pace and quality of life on the Costa Blanca South, with wonderful Spanish and expat friends in Cabo Roig. Sarah began working with Euro Weekly News in 2020 and loves nothing more than bringing all the latest national and international news to her local community.
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