Knifeman Fatally Stabs Officer in Paris Police Station, Is Then Shot Dead

A man attacked police officers with a knife in the headquarters of the Paris police on Oct. 3 and the attacker was killed.

French police secure the area in front of the Paris Police headquarters in Paris, France on Oct. 3, 2019. Philippe Wojazer/Reuters

PARIS—An assailant fatally stabbed a police officer inside the Paris police headquarters on Oct. 3, then was shot dead by another policeman, a police union official said.

There was no word on the motive for the attack and it also was not immediately clear how far inside the building the assailant got before police shot him, a spokesman for the Paris police said he had no comment on the attack.