Stabbings in the center of Paris, with two dead (VIDEO)

At least one person was killed and four others were injured, two of them critically, in a mass attack in central Paris. The perpetrator of the incident is also dead.

The incident took place in the Opera district in central Paris.

The perpetrator attacked the crowd with a knife, spreading panic. He fell dead a few minutes later, under hitherto unexplained circumstances.

Eyewitnesses described the incident and the panic created by the gunman. 

Eyewitnesses say police initially tried to stop the assailant - but then fired twice at him.

The French authorities treat the incident as terrorist.

Islamic State claimed responsibility for the bloody attack.

 

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