French police take down man armed with knife at Paris station, prosecutor says
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PARIS - French police immobilised a man wielding a knife at Paris' Montparnasse train station on Friday, the Paris prosecutor's office said.
In a statement, the prosecutor's office said an officer used his "weapon" on the man, who then inflicted knife wounds on himself. French media reported at least one gun shot was heard.
A Reuters photographer at the station when the incident occurred said the police intervention caused a crowd surge through the concourse. Police then evacuated the station, which serves high speed trains headed to the country's west and southwest.
The man was known to police for domestic violence, the prosecutor's office said. REUTERS
