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Two people are in critical condition after a knife attack in Paris. The attack took place near the former Charlie Hebdo offices and a man with blood on his clothes was arrested and questioned.
Although the authorities initially believed that they were two perpetrators and four injured, they reviewed the information they gave to the media. The victims are a man and a woman, employees of the Premières lignes news agency, which is located in the former offices of the satirical magazine.
No information on the identity of the perpetrator has been provided, while the suspect’s motives remain unknown. It remains to be seen whether the attack is in any way related to the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in 2015. Trials in this case continue in the Paris courts.
The police, who have cordoned off the area, have asked citizens to avoid it, while the managing authority of the means of transport announces that the “Bastili” metro station will remain closed for security reasons.
The authorities, in the search for the possible perpetrators, warned that they are very dangerous and informed the families who live in the 11th district of the city, where the attack occurred, and in the 3rd and 4th, to keep their children at home. .
Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin announced that a crisis management team had already been set up for the incident, also informed Prime Minister Jean-Castex, and that they would visit the scene of the attack.