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Witnesses recalled hearing gunshots as officers swarmed the Paris suburb of Vincennes this morning.

A 29-year-old suspect allegedly knifed one female officer in the throat.

He was shot and killed on the spot.

Police had been called to reports a nurse was attacked in a mental health hospital.

It comes as security is on high alert throughout France.

The country has been rocked by several terror incidents over the past year.

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More than 130 were slaughtered when a group of ISIS sympathisers attacked Paris in November 2015.

Tourist trap Nice hit headlines when 84 were mowed down by another terrorist in a white van as they celebrated Bastille Day.