In Paris, police arrested a man who was using a machete in the Père Lachaise park cemetery. The man was taken into custody in his hotel room, said a police spokesman in Paris. Passers-by had pointed out the man to the police.
At the moment, nothing is known about possible victims. The investigation is ongoing. Further details were initially not known.
In France, there have been several knife attacks by suspected Islamists in recent weeks. On October 16, in a suburb of Paris, the history teacher Samuel Paty was beheaded by an 18-year-old on the street
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