# knife attack

Knife Threat Near Arc de Triomphe Leads to Gendarme Shooting; Anti-Terror Prosecutors Take Over Case

A knife-wielding man threatened a gendarme near the Arc de Triomphe on February 13 and was shot and hospitalized after being subdued by another gendarme. The national anti-terror prosecutor’s office has taken over the investigation, and authorities are probing motive while reassuring the public that no one else was injured.