Paris Terrorism again! Police shoots man outside notre dame cathedral

A man was shot by police outside Paris's Notre Dame Cathedral on Tuesday afternoon after he attacked officers with a hammer. The man, who has not been identified, it believed to have attacked an officer who was patrolling with two other policemen. One of the officers responded with two gunshots, which injured the assailant. The motive for the attack was not immediately known. A man was shot by police after he attacked an officer with a hammer outside Paris's Notre Dame Cathedral A man was shot by police after he attacked an officer with a hammer outside Paris's Notre Dame Cathedral Officials warned people to stay away from the area after saying there was an 'incident' at the popular tourist destination, after a hammer-wielding man was shot by a police officer Officials warned people to stay away from the area after saying there was an 'incident' at the popular tourist destination, after a hammer-wielding man was shot by a police officer At least one person on the scene said on Twitter that he was inside the church and could hear sirens outside At least one person on the scene said on Twitter that he was inside the church and could hear sirens outside He later said that officials were not letting anyone in or out of the cathedral He later said that officials were not letting anyone in or out of the cathedral Police union official Cedric Michel said the man armed with a hammer went after the police officer who was patrolling on the esplanade in front of Notre Dame Cathedral. Police sources said the officers shot at the man after he refused to stop threatening them with the hammer. It is unclear whether the attacker was acting alone. One officer was lightly injured and the assailant was shot in the thorax, according to one source. Emergency responders were on scene after the incident, according to Europe 1. Police had earlier said they were dealing with an incident in the courtyard outside the world-famous tourist site amid reports of panic and gunshots in the area. Police arrived at the cathedral amid reports of gunshots and panic. Many people were stuck inside the cathedral at the time Police arrived at the cathedral amid reports of gunshots and panic. Many people were stuck inside the cathedral at the time Police boats were patrolling the river near the Notre Dame Cathedral after the incident on Tuesday Police boats were patrolling the river near the Notre Dame Cathedral after the incident on Tuesday Officials warned people to stay away from the area after saying there was an 'incident' at the popular tourist destination. At least one person on the scene said on Twitter that he was inside the church and could hear sirens outside. 'So we are trapped in Notre Dame Cathedral,' Matthew CurrieHolmes wrote on Twitter. 'Something is happening outside we don't know what it is. Police sirens can be heard.' He later said that officials were not letting anyone in or out of the cathedral. The police department tweeted about the operation on Tuesday afternoon but did not provide any details. A police official would not provide further information. Large numbers of police cars filled the area on the Ile de Cite island in the River Seine in the center of Paris. France remains on high alert after a series of deadly terror attacks in recent years. Police had earlier said they were dealing with an incident in the courtyard outside the world-famous tourist site amid reports of panic and gunshots in the area Police had earlier said they were dealing with an incident in the courtyard outside the world-famous tourist site amid reports of panic and gunshots in the area The police department tweeted about the operation on Tuesday afternoon but did not provide any details. A police official would not provide further information The police department tweeted about the operation on Tuesday afternoon but did not provide any details. A police official would not provide further information Large numbers of police cars filled the area on the Ile de Cite island in the River Seine in the center of Paris Large numbers of police cars filled the area on the Ile de Cite island in the River Seine in the center of Paris France remains on high alert after a series of deadly terror attacks in recent years, including one in April France remains on high alert after a series of deadly terror attacks in recent years, including one in April In April, traffic officer Xavier Jugele was shot dead while on duty on the Champs Elysees just days before the French presidential election. ISIS claimed the killing by 39-year-old Karim Cheurfi, who was shot dead by police in a gun battle. Two other officers were injured in the attack. A month earlier a convicted criminal with links to radical Islam shouted 'I am here to die for Allah, there will be deaths' seconds before he was shot dead during an attack at Paris Orly airport. The 39-year-old, named locally as career criminal Ziyed Ben Belgacem, was killed after wrestling a soldier's gun from her and fleeing into a McDonald's. He sent a text message to his brother and father stating 'I shot the police', shortly before he was killed. It followed the shooting in February of a man outside the Louvre museum in the heart of Paris after he attempted to storm the historic art gallery. Paris's Notre Dame Cathedral is a tourist hotspot in the French city, with visitors travelling from all over to see the structure Paris's Notre Dame Cathedral is a tourist hotspot in the French city, with visitors travelling from all over to see the structure On July 14 last year amid Bastille Day celebrations in the Riviera city of Nice, a large truck was driven into a festive crowd killing 86 people. The driver was shot dead. ISIS extremists claimed responsibility for the attack. Just 12 days later two ISIS fanatics stormed into a church in Normandy and slit the throat of a priest as he was celebrating mass. A month earlier, two French police officers were murdered in their Paris home in front of their three-year-old son. Again ISIS claimed responsibility for the slaying, which was carried out by a jihadist with a prior terrorist conviction. He was killed by police on the scene. The killings came after a massacre in the French capital in November 2015 in which ISIS militants went on the rampage murdering 130 people. They used machine guns to slaughter revellers at the Bataclan music hall and in bars and restaurants in some of the city's most popular night spots. A suicide bomber also targeted to Stade de France stadium. The atrocity led to the declaration of a state of emergency in France. In January the same year, two brothers killed 11 people inside the Paris building where the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo is headquartered in what ISIS claimed was retaliation for the publication of cartoons about the Prophet Muhammad. More were killed subsequently in attacks on a kosher market in eastern Paris and on police. There were 17 victims in all, including two police officers. The attackers are killed.