French police opened fire on a woman who allegedly made death threats at a train station in Paris on Tuesday.
A police source told AFP that a woman wearing a headscarf made threats and shouted “Allahu Akbar” (God is the greatest). “Police fired because they feared for their safety,” the source said.
Officers rushed to the scene after several passengers reported the woman for making threats on public transport.
Officers opened fire after she failed to respond to their warnings, police said.
The Paris prosecutor’s office said the woman had threatened to blow herself up, AFP reported. Police fired one shot, inflicting a life-threatening injury.
The woman is being treated for her injuries in a Paris hospital.
A Metro and suburban train station that serves the François Mitterrand national library in eastern Paris has been evacuated, police said.
It is the latest major security incident to grip France, which has been on heightened anti-terror alert since a fatal stabbing at a school earlier this month.
