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January 7th, 2016 
Awake Goy The French broadcaster iTele says the incident took place at the Goutte d’Or police station in Paris’ 18th district.
Anna Polonyi, a journalist from the New York Times, has published a photo of a man lying on the ground outside the building. She said a robot appears to be inspecting the body.
An eyewitness said two or three shots were heard, AFP reports. Police have sealed off the area.
The man armed with a knife allegedly attacked on-duty policemen, with one officer receiving injuries, according to local media reports.
Police union sources told Reuters the knife-wielding attacker was shot and killed.
There were also reports that the man was believed to have shouted “Allah Akbar” as he tried to gain entry to the station. There were also fears that he could have been wearing a suicide belt, however, police sources and the French interior ministry later confirmed that it was in fact a fake.
“The man did have a belt, but it was a fake. The bomb-disposal unit confirmed it was a fake,” the police union source said, as cited by Reuters.
The incident comes as Paris marks the first anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo attacks, which killed 12 people on January 7, 2015.
Thursday’s shooting occurred minutes before French President Francois Hollande paid tribute to police officers, who have been killed in the line of duty. He said there would be an unprecedented strengthening of French security, which would include a further 5,000 police officers.
The incident comes less than two months after the Paris attacks on November 13, which killed 130 people. Alain Corvez, a former adviser to the French Interior Ministry, told RT he believes Paris could be subject to more terror attacks in the future.
“What I am sure of is that such attacks could occur again and again because the problem of terrorism is not solved and we have to be very cautious,” Corvez said. “The president is doing his job, but the problem is different. It is not with words that you fight against terrorism.”
Corvez mentioned the 18th district where the attack took place is a mixed area, which is home to people from a number of different nationalities. However, he warned that future attacks could take place anywhere in the capital.
“You can take all these measures to counter these attacks, but there will be places for terrorists to [commit] attacks.”
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