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In Paris, at least two people were injured with a knife near the former office of the satirical newspaper “Charlie Hebdo”. The investigation has reportedly been taken over by the anti-terrorist prosecution service.
The incident took place at noon on Friday, Prime Minister Jean Castex said. There is currently an operation, the police confirmed to the dpa news agency. A suspect was arrested. There were different statements about the number of wounded: immediately after the crime there were two wounded, then four, then two.
According to a SPIEGEL correspondent in Paris, two seriously injured operas are said to be two young employees of the “Premières Lignes” press agency, which is based in the same building as “Charlie Hebdo”. The two employees went out to smoke a cigarette in the late morning, shortly after the attack took place, according to the latest reports with a machete. In the meantime, there should no longer be any serious danger of death for the two victims.
The streets around the attack site are largely cordoned off, shops and restaurants have closed their iron shutters, the two metro stations Bastille and Chemin Vert have been closed.
In addition, five schools were closed for the quarter, students are on the premises. The district mayor, François Vauglin, asked parents to stay home and not pick up their children from school. A psychological counseling center is currently being set up in the 11th district town hall.
Prime Minister Jean Castex addresses a crisis team at the Interior Ministry, where he will meet and advise Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin and Justice Minister Eric Dupond-Moretti.
A suspicious package is said to be in front of the former “Charlie Hebdo” editorial office on Rue Nicolas Appert. France Info radio station reported, citing police circles, that no explosives had been found in the suspicious package.
The editorial team has now moved to another location.
The background to the incident is still unclear. It is unclear if there is a connection to the attack on the satirical newspaper’s editorial team.
The Interior Ministry informed the population about the incident on Twitter.
The terrorist process surrounding the bloody Islamist attack on “Charlie Hebdo” has been unfolding in Paris since the beginning of the month. 14 people pay. A total of 17 people were killed in the series of attacks that lasted several days in January 2015. The attacks not only affected the newsroom of “Charlie Hebdo”, but also a kosher supermarket in Paris. All three perpetrators were shot dead by security forces.
The defendants are accused of having collaborated in various ways in the preparation of the attacks and of having belonged to a terrorist group. In most cases, prison terms of up to 20 years face imprisonment. The defendants are said to have obtained weapons or provided them with accommodation, for example. “Charlie Hebdo” republished cartoons of Muhammad. The editorial team was again threatened.
