Live Update 
From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, June 6, 2017
From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, June 6, 2017
Situation under control in Paris, attacker in hospital
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleParis 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. She does not provide further details.
Another police official says the attacker surged at police patrolling the scene with a hammer.
Paris police tweet 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 underway.
— AP
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