(AFP) A longstanding IT staffer for the Paris police headquarters stabbed to death four colleagues at the building in the heart of the French capital on a knife-wielding rampage Thursday before he was shot dead, officials said.
A fifth person was critically injured and was being treated in hospital after the deadliest attack on police in France in years, which sent shock waves through an embattled force already complaining of low morale.
Paris prosecutor Remy Heitz told reporters that a murder probe had been opened, while emphasising that no terror investigation had begun. All possibilities were being explored, including that of a personal conflict, sources close to the investigation told AFP.
The attacker, a 45-year-old IT worker in the police intelligence department, had converted to Islam 18 months ago, the sources said.
