Paris, Europe Brief News – A man was knocked down to death by police at the Gare du Nord station in Paris on Monday morning, when a man holding a knife appeared from nowhere and started threatening officers.
Gerald Dermanin, Interior Minister said on twitter “ The police officers used their weapons, thereby averting any danger to themselves and to passengers’ ‘.
One of the eye witnesses told BFMTV “ I was climbing up the stairs that go up to the Eurostar platform, I heard screams on the right. I saw a man quite tall, a large knife in his hand with a very impressive blade who threatened two or three policemen who were armed. The police made go up on the platform, made us lie on the ground”
After this horrible incident, a security perimeter has been set up at the departure level of mainline trains. Several trains had to face a marginal delay as a result.
Jean Baptiste Djebarri confirmed on RMC that the attacker died on the spot while two police officers received minor injuries.
Anti-cops terrorist
One of the police sources said that the attacker was carrying a knife with a 30-cm blade. The anti-police slogan was spotted on the blade “ACAB” which means all cops are bastards.
When this incident was happening , the france TV journalist capture the moment in her phone and posted it on social media in which two gun shots can be heard,
The Alliance suggested that the suspect was an anti-cop terrorist who usually roam around to find police officers and kill them with knife.
Alliance further added “ This attack on the protectors of the public shows once again that today our colleagues risk their lives on the corner of the street, the square of church, or in a daily mission within a station”.
The Gare du Nord station is considered to be Europe’s one of the busiest stations, helping as a hub for high speed trains to a number of countries.
The Paris prosecutor suggested that the investigation be opened for a possible attempted homicide.
