1. As a result of a knife attack on the headquarters of the Paris police on Thursday, at least four policemen were killed and at least one police officer was injured, sources in the Police Union said.

The attacker was shot dead by another officer, according to union boss Loik Travers and police.

French media reported that the attacker was an administrative officer in the intelligence department of the prefecture of the police.

Television images showed several emergency vehicles in the area of ​​Notre Dame. The area was cordoned off and the local Cite metro station closed.

The incident occurred on the Ile de la Cité, the main island of the Seine in central Paris.

Police did not immediately confirm the details of the incident or the motive of the attacker.

Paris Mayor A. Hidalgo mourns the dead officers in his Twitter post.

“Paris is mourning itself this afternoon after a terrible attack on a police prefecture,” she wrote. "The number of victims is very high: several policemen died."

French media reported that Interior Minister K. Castaner, who was supposed to leave for Turkey, and the prosecutor of Paris had left for the scene. Prime Minister E. Philip also arrived at the scene.

The incident occurred the day after French police went on strike nationwide to protest the growing police mental health crisis.



2. At least 18 people were killed and more than 700 injured in Iraq when the armed forces fired and used tear gas to suppress anti-government protesters requiring jobs, improve services and end alleged corruption.

This led to an increase in the death toll to 20 in the last three consecutive days of the protests after two protesters were killed on Tuesday, which was described as the worst riots in Baghdad in more than a year.

Hundreds of people were injured in clashes across the country as protesters once again showed their anger against the government of Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi.

Ali al-Bayati, a member of the Independent High Commission for Human Rights, stated that there was one member of the security forces and that 132 protesters have been arrested since Tuesday, although most have already been released.

Protesters flee from the police, firing tear gas and live ammunition near Tahrir Square, Baghdad

Iraqi security officials said masked men shot and killed Iraqi activist and cartoonist Hussein Adel Madani and his wife Sarah Madani in the southern city of Basra. The two-year-old daughter of the spouses was not injured. No one claimed responsibility for this attack.

Renewed clashes occurred despite a massive operation by security forces in an attempt to quell protests.

Powerful armed forces and special forces were deployed on the streets of the Iraqi capital, blocking all intersections leading to the main central square.

Locals said authorities shut down social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and WhatsApp.

In addition, security officials said the authorities imposed curfews in Baghdad and several southern Iraqi cities due to riots. Live communication. Still looking at pictures and texting? But with live people more fun! Video communication with users sexy cam girl — the most popular video chat in the world. Our chat has no analogues and is fundamentally different from other video chats.