Police open fire after alleged threats by woman on Paris train
Incident comes as France is on heightened anti-terror alert after a recent fatal school stabbing
Paris police have opened fire on a woman who allegedly made threatening remarks on a train, the latest security incident in a country that has been on heightened anti-terror alert since a fatal stabbing at a school earlier this month.
Speaking after the incident, police said they had no immediate information on the woman’s condition. Officers opened fire after she failed to respond to their warnings, they added.
The police action came after a train passenger phoned the emergency services on Tuesday morning and reported that a woman, who was wearing a face covering, was making threats. It wasn’t clear what threats she was making.
A Metro and suburban train station that serves the François-Mitterrand national library in eastern Paris was evacuated, police said.