Paris knife attack in police station kills at least 4 officers, injures others, assailant shot dead: officials

At least four police officers were killed and several others were injured in a knife attack inside Paris police headquarters Thursday before the attacker was shot and killed, officials said. The assailant, whom authorities have yet to identify, made his way into the police building around 1 p.m. and attacked officers, said police union official Yves Lefebvre. It wasn’t immediately clear how far the man made it into the building before police shot him.-- More... Update: 4 officers killed in Paris during police employee’s knife attack inside station A deranged employee went on a stabbing spree inside Paris police headquarters Thursday, fatally stabbing four officers before being shot dead. The bloodbath unfolded around 1 p.m. inside the station in Île de la Cité, across the street from Notre Dame Cathedral — putting one of the busiest tourist areas in the City of Lights on lockdown.-- More...