PARIS
\nA man shot and wounded two police officers in Paris after he got hold of one of the officer\u2019s weapons while he was being held at a police station, said Paris police chief Laurent Nunez on Friday, confirming earlier media reports.
\nThe incident occurred on Thursday evening.
\nPolice had initially arrested the man on suspicion of assaulting a woman inside a residential building in the 13th district. Earlier media reports described that assault as a case of domestic violence.
\n\u201cWe have two police officers who are seriously wounded,\u201d Nunez told reporters, adding the suspect had also been seriously injured. French media reports said police had shot back at him after the suspect first opened fire.
\nNunez did not identify the suspect.
\nThe shooting comes with France on a high state of security alert ahead of the Olympic Games, which start in July.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
PARIS A man shot and wounded two police officers in Paris after he got hold of one of the officer\u2019s weapons while he was being held at a police station, said Paris police chief Laurent Nunez on Friday, confirming earlier media reports. The incident occurred on Thursday evening. Police had initially arrested the man on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":406184,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-406163","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"\n