Two People Seriously Injured In Paris Knife Attack Near Charlie Hebdo’s Former Office, Site Of 2015 Terrorist Attack

The two victims are in a serious condition but their lives are not in danger, a police spokesperson said, while terror police have launched an investigation.

One person has been arrested near Place de la Bastille, in Paris’s 11th district, but the police said it was not immediately clear if the person is the suspected attacker, CNN reports.

The victims are employees of French documentary production company Premières Lignes, founder Paul Moreira told BFM TV.

Moriera said the attack “all happened very quickly” and that “a few blows were given to the two people in front of the office,” noting the victims were attacked with a “sort of cleaver.”

French Prime Minister Jean Castex cut short an event in a nearby suburb when he heard of the stabbing and confirmed it happened near the Charlie Hebdo offices, though it is not immediately clear if there is a connection. 

A total of 17 people were killed in the 2015 attacks, which took place in the French capital over three days.