Seven detained after Paris knife attack

Seven people have been detained in connection with an attack outside the former offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris, according to reports.

A man armed with a meat cleaver wounded two people in the attack on Friday. The main suspect, identified as an 18-year-old man of Pakistani origin, was arrested near the scene. Police said six others were in custody and being questioned. The attack is being treated as a terrorist incident.

The attack came as a high-profile trial was under way of 14 people accused of helping two jihadists carry out the 2015 attack on Charlie Hebdo, in which 12 people were killed.

Charlie Hebdo vacated its offices after the 2015 attack, and the building is now used by a television production company.

The two victims of Friday’s attack have not been officially named but police said they were a man and woman who worked at the production company.

[Sourced from agencies]