It was considered a "potential terrorist act" and the police arrested the two suspects

A stabbing attack near the headquarters of "Charlie Hebdo" in Paris, leaving 4 wounded

French police cordon off the site of the stabbing incident in Paris.

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French Prime Minister Jean Castex announced that at least four people were injured, including two in serious condition, in a knife attack yesterday near the former headquarters of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, which was the target of a bloody attack in 2015.

The security forces chased two people suspected of involvement in the accident, and had already succeeded in arresting one of them near Bastille Square in Paris, while the forces found at the site of the accident a suspicious parcel.

A second suspect was arrested in connection with the attack, according to a judicial source.

And the French counter-terrorism prosecutor announced that the attack had been referred to it.

The French authorities said that prosecutors are treating the stabbing attack as a "potential terrorist incident".

It was not clear what caused the attack.

The police urged residents of the 11th district of the city to stay home.

Castex said he called a crisis meeting. The new stabbing incident coincides with the trial sessions of 14 people in Paris suspected of assisting the attackers of the "Charlie Hebdo" headquarters on January 7, 2015, killing 12 people.

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