Paris police say an operation around Notre Dame Cathedral is over, after an attacker who targeted police with a hammer was shot and injured. Police spokeswoman Johanna Primevert tells The Associated Press that the intervention is over. Another police official said the attacker surged at police patrolling the scene with a hammer. Paris police tweeted that one officer was wounded in the attack. Hundreds of people on the esplanade in front of Notre Dame were evacuated while the operation was under way.

Source: National Post June 06, 2017 15:13 UTC