A man 'wearing a suicide belt' has been shot dead outside a police station in Paris on the anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo attacks. The man was seen running towards the police station in in Barbes, northern Paris, shouting 'Allahu Akbar' in what appears to have been a foiled terrorist attack.
French officials say the man was armed with a knife and wore what appears to have been a vest of explosives. Two French officials say the man had wires extending from his clothing, adding that a specialist explosives squad is on site.
A witness said he had heard 'two or three shots' shortly before 11am GMT, before the man was on the ground. Photographs shared on social media shows the man's body being inspected by a robot and French police said the neighbourhood in northern Paris has been locked down after the shooting.
Minutes before, French President Francois Hollande had paid homage to police officers killed in the line of duty, including three police shot to death last January. See more photos below....
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