Arc de Triomphe knife attacker shot dead by Paris police

A knife and scissors-wielding man was fatally shot by police in Paris on Friday when he attempted to attack a police officer during a ceremony at the city’s Arc de Triomphe monument, officials said.

The attacker, a French national born in 1978 who had been convicted in Belgium for terrorist-related offenses, died at a hospital from his wounds, the French counterterrorism prosecutor’s office said. 

The attacker’s identity was not disclosed by authorities, reports said.

The attacker targeted a police officer who was securing a ceremony for the relighting of the eternal flame in memory of unknown soldiers at the Napoleon-era monument, a Paris police official said. Another police officer shot the attacker, the official said. No civilians or police officers were injured in the attack, the official said.