A French soldier guarding the Louvre in Paris has shot a man who tried to attack a security patrol with a machete shouting “Allahu Akbar”, police say. BBC reports.
The man, who tried to gain entry to the Louvre’s shopping centre, was shot in the abdomen and seriously injured.
One soldier received a head injury.
The interior ministry described the situation as “serious”. Visitors to the Louvre were told to crouch on the floor. PM Bernard Cazeneuve said the attack was “terrorist in nature”
