Security officers have opened fire at a knifeman who threatened them at a railway station in Paris.
French media have reported that the man is in a life-threatening condition following the incident on Tuesday morning at Saint-Lazare station - one of the busiest stations in the capital.
The incident was sparked after the man was stopped for not wearing a mask and he refused to comply, BFTV reports.
He is then claimed to have revealed a knife and charged towards officials shouting “Allahu Akbar", the French media outlet reports.
He was shot twice in the chest.
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He has been rush to hospital where he is said to be a life-threatening condition.
A Paris police spokesman had no immediate comment.
France's state-owned railway company SNCF said in a statement: "The two agents used their service weapon to defend and neutralise him.
"The injured individual was taken care of by the emergency services."
The man, whose identity document was found in his belongings, is claimed to be known to the police.
He is said to have not been known to the intelligence services.
There have been a number of terror attacks in Paris in recent years.
In 2018 Kamel Salh armed himself with several blades and killed his mum and sister in an attack claimed by ISIS.
The 36-year-old taxi driver also seriously injured another person.
In April 2017 there was an attack near the Champs Elysees where at least one police officer was shot.
In 2015, there were several attacks including the Charlie Hebdo shootings, the kosher supermarket siege, and the 13 November attacks at the Bataclan theatre, Stade de France and other parts of the city.
