UPDATE: Police shot, injured attacker near Notre Dame

Rachael Perry
Courtesy of AP

By: The Associated Press

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PARIS (AP) — Paris police say an operation around Notre Dame Cathedral is over, after an attacker who targeted police with a hammer was shot and injured.              

Police spokeswoman Johanna Primevert tells The Associated Press that the intervention is over. She did not provide further details.              

Another police official said the attacker surged at police patrolling the scene with a hammer.              

Paris police tweeted that one officer was wounded in the attack.              

Hundreds of people on the esplanade in front of Notre Dame were evacuated while the operation was under way.

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