French Police Open Fire on "Veiled" Woman Shouting "Threats"

   French police opened fire on a woman at a train station in Paris after she made "threats" and refused to comply with police orders. The "veiled" woman was shouting "Allahu Akbar" and "you will all die." Authorities have launched parallel investigations.

The French police shot at a woman who was making "threats" at a train station in Paris on Tuesday (October 31st), injuring her, according to a police source and the French news agency Agence France-Presse. Witnesses reported that the woman was "completely veiled" and was shouting "Allahu Akbar" and "making threats."

The Paris Public Prosecutor's Office stated that the woman threatened to "blow herself up," and the police fired a single bullet that caused her serious injury. The same source added that the police have initiated two investigations, one regarding the woman's behavior and the other to determine whether the use of force by the police was justified.

The emergency services that provided urgent care to the woman stated that she had been shot in the abdomen. A spokesperson for the fire brigade stated that she was transported to a nearby hospital.

Earlier, the television channel BFM TV and the daily newspaper Le Parisien quoted police sources as saying that the woman's behavior indicated a potential "terrorist" motive.

   France raised its alert level to the maximum as part of the "Vigipirate" plan to combat attacks since a young man, radicalized on the road, killed teacher Dominique Brnard on October 13th in a high school in Aras in the north of the country.

Since October 18th, French airports have received a total of one hundred bomb threat alerts, according to Minister of Transport Clement Beaune, who clarified that the source was the same email address.

Beaune confirmed to the "LCI" news television station, "We will file a complaint each time and we will not tolerate anything."

He further explained, "We have received a total of one hundred alerts at French airports, which have decreased in recent days, specifically because we have adopted a very firm stance."

The minister pointed out the arrest of a man at the "Gare de Lyon" train station in Paris, with judicial proceedings initiated against him, also noting some attempts to carry out cyber-attacks.

In addition to bomb threat alerts, "reports of abandoned bags in stations and trains have nearly doubled."