Charlie Hebdo: Four wounded in Paris knife attack near magazine's former office
Four people have been wounded in a knife attack close to the former offices of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris this morning, French police have confirmed.
Associated Press reporters at the scene this morning said they saw police flooding into the neighbourhood in eastern Paris, near the Richard Lenoir Metro station.
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A police source told Reuters that two of the victims have "life threatening injuries".
The attack coincides with the trial of 14 suspected accomplices of the perpetrators of the massacres at Charlie Hebdo - and a Jewish supermarket that left a total of 17 dead.
On January 7, 2015, two brothers, Saïd and Chérif Kouachi, forced their way into the magazine’s offices, killing 12 people.
After a major manhunt lasting two days, the pair were tracked down to a signage company in Dammartin-en-Goële on January 9, where they were shot dead in a gunfight with French police.
Updates to follow.
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