Paris police shot dead an attacker armed with a knife Thursday on the one-year anniversary of the deadly terror attacks on the Charlie Hebdo offices in the city.
NBC News reported that authorities are investigating the incident as "more likely terrorism," according to an unnamed police official.
The man yelled "Allahu Akbar," meaning "God is great" in Arabic, as he tried to enter and attack a police station located in northern Paris, according to Reuters.
The attempted attack occurred shortly after French President François Hollande had delivered a speech in another part of the city to commemorate last years terror attack on the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine offices during which Islamic militants shot and killed 12 people.
Multiple reports citing police have said that the attacker was wearing a fake suicide belt.
Bomb experts and anti-terrorism investigators are at the scene in the 18th district of Paris, according to The Guardian. Some local schools have been closed with students inside out of precaution and streets around the station have been sealed off by police.
This post will be updated as further information becomes available.
