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Police officer injured in knife attack near Champs Elysees

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A police officer has been wounded in a knife attack in Paris just a week before the city hosts the Olympic Games.

The attacker was “immediately neutralised” following the incident near the Champs-Elysees on Thursday evening, officials said.

Gerald Darmanin, the French interior minister, said the officer was hurt while responding to a call for help from security staff at a shop.

Writing on social media, he also expressed his “unwavering support” to the victim.

The condition of the officer was not immediately known.

A police source said the attacker was injured but still alive, and that officers had prevented him from “taking further action”.

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