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Four police employees were killed in a knife attack at Paris police headquarters on Thursday, according to city prosecutor Remy Heitz.
The three policemen and a female police administrative worker were killed by a fellow member of staff, who was later shot dead, authorities told CNN.
The incident took place inside the building, which is located near Notre Dame Cathedral on the ?le de la Cité in central Paris.
One victim is undergoing surgery, said French Interior Minister Christophe Castaner. He did not elaborate on the victim’s condition or injuries.
The wife of the attacker who killed four of his colleagues at the Paris police headquarters Thursday has been taken into custody, according to a source inside the Paris prosecutor’s office.
It is unclear whether she was at the scene of the attack or why she was taken into custody.
The source asked not to be named discussing an ongoing investigation.
The 45-year-old man, a longtime administrative employee, was shot dead during his stabbing rampage. His motive is not yet known.
The Cité metro station in Paris has re-opened, the French metro said in a tweet.
The metro station had been closed as a security measure following the knife attack inside Paris’ police headquarters.
Three policemen and one female police administrative employee were killed in the attack, Paris prosecutor Remy Heitz said in a brief press conference on Thursday.
One person injured in the knife attack is undergoing surgery now, Interior Minister Christophe Castaner said. He did not elaborate on the victim’s condition or injuries.
The individual who attacked Paris’ police headquarters, killing four people, was a 45-year-old man, French Interior Minister Christophe Castaner said in a press conference Thursday.
The attacker had been employed by the police in an administrative capacity since 2003.
France’s former interior minister Gerard Collomb has expressed his condolences to the victims of the Paris attack in an emotional tweet.
“I’ve learned with emotion the tragedy that occurred at the beginning of the afternoon at the police headquarters of Paris. All my thoughts are of course with the families of the victims,” Collomb, who is now mayor of Lyon, said.
“I also want to express my support to all the staff, whose emotions I can’t even imagine at this moment,” he added.
French President Emmanuel Macron is now at the site of the deadly attack on Paris’ police headquarters.
“The President of the Republic went to the police station to show his support and solidarity to all the staff,”?the Elysee Palace said in a statement.
Macron is accompanied by French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe, Interior Minister Christophe Castaner and Deputy Interior Minister?Laurent Nunez.
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo has confirmed that “several police officers” lost their lives in Thursday’s attack on the city’s police headquarters, adding that her thoughts were with their families.
“Paris cries for its own this afternoon after this terrible attack at the @prefpolice. Heavy casualties, several police officers lost their lives. On my behalf and that of Parisians, my first thoughts go to the families of the victims and their loved ones,” Hidalgo said on Twitter.
“During the Paris Council, we will pay tribute to the victims and will salute the unfailing commitment of police forces serving the security of Parisians. We know what we owe them.”
Four people have been killed in the stabbing at the Paris police headquarters, according to CNN affiliate BFM TV.
Lo?c Travers, a police union secretary, told BFM TV that five were dead, including the attacker.
The motive of the attacker, who was a longtime administrative employee for the police, is still unknown.
“He has been with us for over 20 years,” Travers said, speaking outside the police headquarters.
Security officials, police, firemen and other emergency responders could be seen out in force on ?le de la Cité, the island in the center of Paris where the police headquarters was attacked.
The island is also home to Notre Dame cathedral
The Cité metro station in Paris was closed Thursday afternoon as a security measure, the French metro body said on Twitter.
The station is on the ?le de la Cité, where the police headquarters and Notre Dame cathedral are situated.
A police officer outside of the perimeter told CNN: “?le de la Cité is now a real island, no one can go and leave.”
An officer was killed in the knife attack inside the police headquarters in Paris, according to a police source, who warned that “the toll will rise.”
The attacker was an administrative officer employed by the police, according to the same source. The assailant’s motive is not yet known.
France’s interior minister Christophe Castaner is heading to the scene.
?le de la Cité, an island in the Seine in the center of Paris, is on lockdown after the attack on officers at a police headquarters there.
All roads to ?le de la Cité have been cordoned off by police. Firemen and ambulances are on the scene.
Nearby roads were blocked as emergency officials responded to the police headquarters in Paris, where an individual launched a knife attack on officers on Thursday.
An individual wielding a knife launched an attack on officers inside police headquarters in Paris, a police source told CNN.
The assailant was shot dead, and there is not yet any indication of a motive.
Two officers were seriously injured in the attack, the source said.
