Witnesses told French television that smoke was emanating from the spire, and recalled a devastating fire in 2019 at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris that toppled its spire and collapsed its roof.
Police said the officer fired to stop the man “rioting” and that the incident was not believed to be terror-related.
A French police officer shot and injured a man who attacked him with a hammer outside Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on Tuesday, the Paris police headquarters said
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