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French Police Carry Out Search Operations in Paris After Louvre Attack

© AFP 2023 / BERTRAND GUAYPolice patrol in front of the Louvre Pyramid at the Louvre museum in Paris
Police patrol in front of the Louvre Pyramid at the Louvre museum in Paris - Sputnik International
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French police officers are carrying out searches in Paris after a knife-wielding man attacked French servicemen on patrol near Louvre, local media reported Friday.

French army soldiers patrol near the Louvre Museum Pyramid's main entrance in Paris, France - Sputnik International
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PARIS (Sputnik) — According to the BMFTV television channel, police officers and the Research and Investigation Brigade conducted one of the search operations on the Ponthieu street in Paris's 8th arrondissement.

Earlier in the day, servicemen patrolling the Carrousel du Louvre shopping center opened fire against a machete-wielding man who tried to enter the museum's shopping area and attacked security forces, wounding one of the soldiers. According to local police, the attacker shouted "Allah Akbar," and was reportedly injured.

French Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said that the attack was "of a terrorist nature." A woman was also arrested at the scene, yet it was not clear whether she was involved, according to the French Interior Ministry.

The attack near Louvre occurred exactly two years after a similar incident in Nice on February 3, 2015, when a man attacked soldiers guarding a Jewish cultural center. As a result, one soldier got deep cuts on his cheek, the other was shot in the arm. The attacker was arrested on the spot.

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