The man was shot dead in front of the police station (Picture: AFP/Anna Polonyi)

A man has been shot dead in Paris after he tried to get into a police station shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’ while wearing a fake suicide belt.

The man was brandishing a knife on the anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo massacre on the rue de la Goutte d’Or in Barbes in the city’s 18th arrondissement.

A witness told AFP that officers fired ‘two or three shots’ on the man, who was killed. He has not yet been identified.

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Police later said that the suicide belt was a fake (Picture: Anna Polonyi)

The area around Rue de la Goutte d’Or has been closed off (Picture: AFP)

Paris was marking the first anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo massacre when the attack happened (Picture: EPA)

Police fired ‘two or three’ shots at the man (Picture: Getty Images)

‘On Thursday morning, a man attempted to attack a policeman at the reception of the police station before being hit by shots from the police,’ said interior ministry spokesperson Pierre-Henry Brandet.



‘Bomb disposal experts are at the scene working to secure the site.’

The area has now been cordoned off by police.

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France pays tribute today to the victims of the Charlie Hebdo massacre, which happened one year ago.

President Francois Hollande thanked the police who were killed defending the Charlie Hebdo cartoonists and those who tracked down the killers, Said and Chérif Kouachi and Amédy Coulibaly.

He hailed officers who have been stationed outside schools, places of worship and at airports and other public places thought to be at risk following the attacks.

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The man reportedly shouted ‘Allahu Akbar’ as he ran at the station (Picture: Getty Images)