Police killed a homeless man who pulled out a knife at Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris this morning, Wednesday, according to a navigation source and another police source.
The Paris police command tweeted: “This morning, the police neutralized a man with cold weapons at Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport.”
The crash happened at Passenger Terminal 2F around 08:20 (0620 GMT) when “the homeless man was harassing the security forces, so I called for reinforcements from the border police to get him out.”
And the man walked away, throwing insults, and then turned around and pointed with a knife. According to police sources, a policeman opened fire on him.
An Agence France-Presse photographer who witnessed the incident said that “a tall man pointed something like a knife at the police. He was given a warning, but he stepped forward and the policeman shot at him. dismissed.”
The victim was put on a stretcher and taken to a place inaccessible to travelers.
Source: AFP.