A police office was stabbed in the French capital

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The attack took place this morning in Vincennes after a 29-year-old man tried to attack a nurse, the Le Figaro newspaper reported.

When police arrived at the scene, the man then attacked a female police officer, knifing her in the throat.

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

He was shot and killed on the spot.