French Prime Minister Jean Castex said on Friday that four people were injured, including two seriously, in a knife attack that took place near the former office of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.
A security cordon was set up around the office, a police source also said.
French media BFM TV and Le Figaro said a suspect has been arrested on the steps of the Paris Bastille opera house.

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