(12 May 2018) An eyewitness recounted how he saw a woman injured in a knife attack and then heard shots as police killed the assailant in the French capital late on Saturday.
According to authorities, a knife-wielding assailant killed one person and injured four others in a lively neighborhood near Paris' famed Opera Garnier before he was killed by police.
Paris police officers evacuated people from some buildings in the Right Bank neighborhood after the attack, and bar patrons and opera-goers described surprise and confusion.
Beyond the police cordon, however, crowds still filled nearby cafes and the city's night life resumed its normal pace soon after the suspect was reported as having been "neutralized" by police.
The identity of the slain attacker and the reason for his actions were unclear.
Paris has been under extra security in recent years after a string of deadly Islamic extremist attacks.
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