A French soldier shot a man who attempted on Friday to enter the Louvre, Paris’ landmark art museum, carrying two backpacks and wielding a machete.
CBS Radio News correspondent Elaine Cobbe says the assailant was shot and wounded after pulling a machete on the soldier guarding the entrance to the museum from the adjoining, underground shopping area known as Carrousel du Louvre.
Paris Police chief Michel Cadot confirmed the attacker had been taken into custody after being shot and seriously wounded. The solider who stopped him was slightly wounded.
While French officials have not expounded on their determination that the attack was “terrorist in nature,” police have said the suspect shouted “God is great” in Arabic during the incident.
