Police have shot an unarmed woman wearing an Islamic veil who was ‘threatening to blow herself up while screaming Allahu Akbar’ at a metro station in Paris.
The victim, who has not been named, was hit today by at least one bullet at the height of the rush hour at the Bibliothèque François-Miterrand Metro station in Paris.
‘According to police, she made threats and advocated terrorism,’ said an investigating source. She was left in a critical condition.
Armed officers arrived at the station soon after 8.30am, and the woman – who was dressed in an Islamic veil – ‘threated to blow herself up,’ said the source.
She is also said to have shouted ‘Allahu akbar’ – Arabic for ‘God is the Greatest’.
‘Fearing for their safety, the police opened fire around 9:20 a.m. She was then injured in the stomach and evacuated immediately,’ said the source.
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Police have shot an unarmed woman wearing an Islamic veil who was ‘threatening to blow herself up while screaming Allahu Akbar’ at a metro station in Paris
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