Paris police opened fire on Tuesday on a woman who threatened to blow herself up after allegedly making death threats and speaking in support of terrorism on a train heading into the French capital.
It was the latest security incident in France, which has been on heightened anti-terror alert since a fatal stabbing at a school on October 13 blamed on an Islamic extremist.
Two police officers together fired eight shots, seriously injuring the woman, the Paris prosecutor’s office said. It said she was hospitalised for emergency treatment.
A police investigation was opened into the exact nature of threats the woman allegedly made while riding the RER C suburban train into Paris, and witness testimony will be gathered, the prosecutor’s office said.
