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posted by janrinok on Friday February 03 2017, @11:10AM   Printer-friendly
From BBC Television News:

An attack has occurred this morning when an individual carrying 2 backpacks and possibly weapons approached the Louvre in Paris and was engaged by a soldier who fired 5 shots. The assailant was wounded, as was a soldier during the attack. One report claims that the attacker shouted Islamic slogans during the attack.

1111GMT: A second possible assailant has been arrested. The French Govt have confirmed it is a terrorist attack.

1117GMT: It is confirmed that the first assailant attacked a soldier with a machete before being engaged and wounded.

1215GMT: Latest TV statements. The first assailant attacked a security officer and/or soldier with a machete causing wounds to his arm and face, while shouting "Allahu Akbar". A second soldier then engaged the assailant with rifle fire resulting in the assailant being seriously wounded in the stomach. The first assailant was carrying 2 backpacks but no explosives have been found in them. A search of the area is continuing. A second assailant has been arrested within the last hour a short distance away from the scene of the attack.

The Louvre Museum and the area around it is in lock-down, and the public and local workers are been evacuated from the area. The French Govt are releasing only statements that they can verify and are refusing to speculate any further during media questioning.

takyon: French soldier shoots attacker outside Louvre
Assailant Near Louvre Is Shot by French Soldier
Machete attack on soldier near Louvre was of 'terrorist nature'

 
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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 03 2017, @05:51PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 03 2017, @05:51PM (#462500)

    Yes, genius, that's obvious, and nothing I said suggests I'm talking about only US cops. Law enforcers learn the same techniques when faced with potentially lethal attempts on their lives. They have different tools to use for different situations, but once immediate threat to life is determined, they don't say "hmmmm, let's see if I can only give him a flesh wound to teach him a lesson."