UPDATED: Police kill man with knife at airport in Paris

PARIS, Aug 10 (Reuters) – French police on Wednesday shot dead a man armed with a knife who was behaving aggressively at Paris’ Charles de Gaulle airport, officials said.

A police source said the man, shot by one police officer, was homeless and had threatened airport security staff and police.

“The police this morning … neutralised an individual armed with an offensive weapon at the Roissy Charles de Gaulle airport,” police said on Twitter.

No terrorism link was suspected, police said.

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