Man wearing ‘fake explosives vest’ shot dead by Paris cops as city remembers Charlie Hebdo

A man has been shot dead outside a police station in northern Paris because cops feared he was wearing a suicide vest. The man attempted to enter the building with a knife shouting “Allahu Akbar” before he was shot by officers, and the Interior Ministry initially said that he was wearing an explosives vest. A bomb disposal team was sent to the scene, but a police union source later confirmed he was wearing a fake explosive belt.

On Thursday morning, a man attempted to attack a policeman at the reception of the police station before being hit by shots from the police.

Interior Ministry spokesman Pierre-Henry Brandet

It comes as the city remembers the deadly terror attacks on the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine a year ago today, where 12 people were murdered by Al-Qaeda gunmen. Minutes before the shooting, French President Francois Hollande had paid tribute to police officers killed in the line of duty, including those killed in the Charlie Hebdo tragedy.

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