“Police officers neutralized a threatening person with a knife at Roissy Charles de Gaulle airport this morning,” the police department announced.
Man holding a knife killed today at Paris Roissy Charles de Gaulle Airport by a policeman’s bullet, it was learned from airport and police sources.
“The police officers neutralized this morning a threatening person wielding a knife at Roissy Charles de Gaulle airport,” the police department of the French capital announced on its Twitter account.
French radio station RTL reports that the man “showed signs of aggression” and added: “Refusing to obey police orders, he allegedly ran towards the police. A police officer then opened fire on the attacker, who was quickly attended to by emergency services. The man reportedly succumbed to his injuries.”
A photographer who witnessed the scene spoke of “a large colored person brandishing what looked like a knife at the officers. They ordered him to stop but he continued to walk towards them and an officer fired a single shot.”
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