At least two people were injured in a knife attack near the former office of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris on Friday, AP reported. The attack is being investigated by anti-terrorism authorities.
The police have arrested two suspects so far, according to AFP. The first suspect was arrested near the Place de la Bastille, according to France24. He was “covered in blood”.
The police have not yet established the motive behind the attack or whether it was linked to the magazine.
French Prime Minister Jean Castex said that the two people injured in the attack were journalists who were smoking in the street, Reuters reported. He added that their injuries were not life-threatening. Castex, French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin and Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo visited the scene, according to BBC.
The area in the eastern part of Paris, including the magazine’s…
