- Title: Police 'struck at the heart' after stabbing at Paris police HQ kills four
- Date: 4th October 2019
- Summary: PARIS, FRANCE (OCTOBER 4, 2019) (REUTERS) PEOPLE WALKING IN STREET PEOPLE AT CAFE (SOUNDBITE) (French) 38-YEAR-OLD PARISIAN WAITER, MATHIEU BIJAOUI, SAYING: "It (attack) shocked me. What's worse is that this shocks us less and less, with all the things we see happen left and right. It's less and less shocking." (SOUNDBITE) (French) 48-YEAR-OLD PARIS RESIDENT, JEAN-HERVE CHENE, SAYING: "It's a tragedy to lose people in that way, in their workplace, to be killed in that manner in their workplace, in a place that we think is secure. So yes, it's a tragedy especially for the families, who have to be in a state of shock after this incident." FRENCH FLAG FLYING PARIS, FRANCE (OCTOBER 3, 2019) (REUTERS) WOMAN CRYING AS SHE LEAVES POLICE HEADQUARTERS WHERE STABBING TOOK PLACE POLICE GUARDING PERIMETER AROUND POLICE HEADQUARTERS FRENCH FLAG FLYING EXTERIOR OF POLICE HEADQUARTERS POLICE ENTERING HEADQUARTERS
- Embargoed: 18th October 2019 13:26
- Keywords: France police prefecture stabbing police headquarters police officers Paris police station
- Location: PARIS, FRANCE / INTERNET
- City: PARIS, FRANCE / INTERNET
- Country: France
- Topics: Crime/Law/Justice,Crime
- Reuters ID: LVA004AZOLQ9Z
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- Story Text: France's police force was "struck at the heart" by a knife attack in Paris that killed four employees, French newspapers wrote on Friday (October 4).
A 45-year-old IT assistant at the police headquarters in central Paris went on a knife rampage inside the building on Thursday (October 3), killing three police officers and an administrative worker before he was shot dead by an officer, French officials said.
Dozens gathered on Friday morning to hold a minute of silence in memory of the victims, a photograph from the prefecture's Twitter showed, as a French flag tied with a black ribbon hung outside the building,
For some Parisians, the attack was "shocking" considering it took place in one of the city's most secure places.
Officials did not say anything about the motive for the attack and they said they were still trying to discover if there was a terrorism link.
The attack took place the day after thousands of policemen marched around the French capital to decry poor working conditions and anti-police sentiments, which they said were on the rise in recent months.
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