Terror convict, recently released, shot dead by Paris police after alleged knife attack near Arc de Triomphe
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A French national, recently released from prison after serving 12 years for a terrorism-related offense, was shot and killed by Paris police on Friday near the Arc de Triomphe. The man allegedly attempted to attack a police officer with a knife and scissors near the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier during a nightly ceremony. The individual, born in 1978, had been sentenced in 2013 for the attempted murder of Belgian police officers and was released in December, subject to police supervision. He was transferred from a Belgian prison to France in 2015 and released on Christmas Eve. The French counterterrorism prosecutor's office has opened an investigation into the incident and the man's potential ties to terrorist activities.
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