Four Paris cops stabbed to death

Paris, October 3 

A man wielding a knife stabbed and killed four officers at the police headquarters in the heart of central Paris on Thursday, before being shot dead. 

Sources told AFP the attacker was shot dead by police in the courtyard of the building, where he was employed. The man worked in an administrative capacity but it was not immediately clear what his precise work role was.

Interior Minister Christophe Castaner, who was due to visit Turkey later on Thursday, postponed his trip to visit the scene of the attack.

“People were running everywhere, there was crying everywhere,” said Emery Siamandi, an interpreter who was in the building when the attack happened.

Investigators suspect a workplace dispute sparked the deadliest attack on police in France in years, sources said. 

The Paris prosecutor is at the scene, but anti-terror agencies have not been involved at this stage. — AFP