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Paris attack near Eiffel Tower leaves one dead and two injured
The suspect tells police he was upset by "so many Muslims dying in Afghanistan and in Palestine".
www.bbc.co.uk
One person has died and another has been injured in an attack on a street in central Paris.
France's Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin
said an attacker had targeted passers-by around the Quai de Grenelle, which is close to the Eiffel Tower.
He added that the assailant had been arrested and the injured person was being treated by emergency services.
Citing a police source, AFP news agency described the incident as a stabbing attack.
A police operation is ongoing around the Bir-Hakeim metro station, and authorities have urged people to avoid the area.
An assailant stabbed one person to death and injured another in Paris while reportedly yelling 'Allahu Akbar,' Arabic for 'God is greatest.'
A police source tells AFP that the suspect is French and was born in France.
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