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Added on the 27/07/2015 05:05:15 - Copyright : Reuters - Next Media
Police are on the scene near the Bibliothèque François-Mitterrand train station in Paris after French police shot and wounded a woman who was making threats, a police source told AFP. According to witnesses the woman, who was completely veiled, shouted "Allahu akbar" ("God is Greatest") and "made threats", the source said, adding that "police fired because they feared for their safety". After passengers on a suburban train alerted police, agents managed to "isolate" the woman at the Bibliotheque Francois Mitterrand station on the capital's south bank, the source said. IMAGES
Police block a street in Aubervilliers, a Paris suburb, where a young man died after the scooter he was riding collided with a police car. A parked van also bears marks from the violent impact.. IMAGES
Police officers escort the police car that was attacked on the Boulevard Rochechouart in Paris during the demonstration against police brutality, while the rest of the demonstration remained calm. IMAGES
Riot police guard as vehicles burn in Nanterre, a Paris suburb where a 17-year-old was shot in the chest at point-blank range by police. About 2,000 police in riot gear have been deployed to prevent clashes in the Paris suburbs as anger simmers over the deadly shooting. IMAGES
Firefighters and police are working near the collapsed building in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, while the search continues for a person still missing in the rubble. IMAGES