Overview

• The incident occurred Saturday, August 30, outside the satirical weekly’s new Paris location, and officers quickly subdued and arrested a 40-year-old suspect.
• Le Parisien, cited by Le Journal du Dimanche, reports the man slipped behind three officers assigned to guard the site and reached for a service pistol.
• The suspect allegedly managed to release the holster’s retention device before being overpowered and taken into custody.
• During interrogation he reportedly said he wanted police to shoot him and claimed he did not know the premises belonged to the publication, a version not confirmed by authorities.
• No shots were fired and no injuries were reported, and investigators have not indicated a terrorism link as the heavily protected address remains sensitive a decade after the 2015 attack that killed 12 people, including eight staff members.