The killing of another police official and an explosion have jolted France, within 24 hours of the deadly terrorist attack on a satirical newspaper that killed 12 people.
Following the fatal militant shooting, the media around the world are flooded with the happenings in France. These two new incidents were covered by several international news outlets.
According to a report of AP, an assailant opened fire on a police officer on the southern edge of Paris early Thursday, killing her and injuring a nearby street sweeper before fleeing, officials and a witness said.
In the Thursday shooting, Cazeneuve said, the officer had stopped to investigate a traffic accident when the firing started. Paris police said the second victim was a street sweeper. The officer later died of her injuries, said Emmanuel Cravello of the Alliance police union.
"There was an officer in front of a white car and a man running away who shot," said Ahmed Sassi, who saw the shooting from his home nearby.
Sassi said the shooter wore dark clothes but no mask. "It didn't look like a big gun because he held it with one hand," Sassi said.
Cazeneuve left an emergency government meeting to travel to the scene of the latest shooting. France is on its highest level of alert after the deadly attacks at Charlie Hebdo's central Paris offices.
However, It is unclear whether the incident is related to the Charlie Hebdo massacre, which traumatised France.
In another incident, an explosion has been reported in a restaurant near a mosque in Villefranche-sur-Saone, eastern France. However, there are no reports of any injuries and the cause of the blast remains unknown.
The blast reportedly occurred around 6 am local time, according to the local newspaper Le Progress. The window of a nearby fast food restaurant was shattered by the explosion.
Police have cordoned off the area, and firefighters were dispatched to the scene.
"I am afraid that is linked to the dramatic event that occurred on Wednesday," the mayor of Villefranche Perrut Bernard, who was at the scene of the blast, told the French daily.
On Wednesday, 10 journalists and two policemen were killed after gunmen opened fire on the Paris office of the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo.
Police launched a manhunt for three suspects, identified as Said Kouachi, 34, Cherif Kouachi, 32, and Hamyd Mourad, 18.
The police made seven arrests overnight.
A third suspect, who is the youngest one, Mourad, reportedly handed himself in at a police station in Charleville Mezieres after seeing his name on the list of shooting suspects on social media.
Arrest warrants were issued for Cherif and Said Kouachi, two remaining suspects, at large said to be "armed and dangerous".
Thousands of people across the world have reacted to the shooting, which is believed to have been carried out in retaliation to the controversial cartoons by Charlie Hebdo, targeting religion and particularly the Muslim Prophet Muhammad.
France has declared national mourning for the victims of the Charlie Hebdo attack.The attacker in the pre-dawn shooting Thursday remained at large, said French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve. It was not immediately clear whether the attack was linked to the assault on the newspaper Charlie Hebdo, in which two police officers were among the dead.
In the Thursday shooting, Cazeneuve said, the officer had stopped to investigate a traffic accident when the firing started. Paris police said the second victim was a street sweeper. The officer later died of her injuries, said Emmanuel Cravello of the Alliance police union.
"There was an officer in front of a white car and a man running away who shot," said Ahmed Sassi, who saw the shooting from his home nearby.
Sassi said the shooter wore dark clothes but no mask. "It didn't look like a big gun because he held it with one hand," Sassi said.
Cazeneuve left an emergency government meeting to travel to the scene of the latest shooting. France is on its highest level of alert after the deadly attacks at Charlie Hebdo's central Paris offices.
However, It is unclear whether the incident is related to the Charlie Hebdo massacre, which traumatised France.
In another incident, an explosion has been reported in a restaurant near a mosque in Villefranche-sur-Saone, eastern France. However, there are no reports of any injuries and the cause of the blast remains unknown.
The blast reportedly occurred around 6 am local time, according to the local newspaper Le Progress. The window of a nearby fast food restaurant was shattered by the explosion.
Police have cordoned off the area, and firefighters were dispatched to the scene.
"I am afraid that is linked to the dramatic event that occurred on Wednesday," the mayor of Villefranche Perrut Bernard, who was at the scene of the blast, told the French daily.
On Wednesday, 10 journalists and two policemen were killed after gunmen opened fire on the Paris office of the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo.
Police launched a manhunt for three suspects, identified as Said Kouachi, 34, Cherif Kouachi, 32, and Hamyd Mourad, 18.
The police made seven arrests overnight.
A third suspect, who is the youngest one, Mourad, reportedly handed himself in at a police station in Charleville Mezieres after seeing his name on the list of shooting suspects on social media.
Arrest warrants were issued for Cherif and Said Kouachi, two remaining suspects, at large said to be "armed and dangerous".
Thousands of people across the world have reacted to the shooting, which is believed to have been carried out in retaliation to the controversial cartoons by Charlie Hebdo, targeting religion and particularly the Muslim Prophet Muhammad.
France has declared national mourning for the victims of the Charlie Hebdo attack.