Four policemen were stabbed to death yesterday in an attack inside the Paris police headquarters and carried out by an employee of one of his districts, who was later killed by security forces in an unprecedented attack inside this institution.

The attack occurred in the afternoon at the main police station in the heart of the historic center of Paris near Notre Dame Cathedral.

There was no mention of the motive for the attack in the heart of the French capital, but John Mark Bayel, a cadre of the police union described the attack as criminal and not terrorist. "It was a moment of madness," he told BFM television.

Investigators are exploring the possibility of a personal dispute, according to the same sources.

The bomber who was killed in the courtyard of the building was working in the Intelligence Directorate at the headquarters of the Department of Informatics.

The headquarters was heavily guarded immediately after the attack, as the ocean was closed, while the presence of about ten fire trucks and an ambulance helicopter, and prevent the arrival of means of transport to the scene, according to reporters.

For its part, said the Public Transport Authority on «Twitter», that the metro station near the site of the attack was closed for security reasons.

"They were running everywhere, crying everywhere," said Emery Siamandi, an interpreter who was present at the headquarters during the attack. He continued: «I heard a gunshot I understood that it is inside», adding that «after a short time I saw policemen crying. “Be in panic.” Interior Minister Christophe Castaner postponed his visit to Turkey as scheduled, and went to the place accompanied by the head of the Paris Police Directorate Didier Lalimon, and the French Attorney General Remy Hitz - according to sources - followed by the mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo.

French President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister Edouard Philippe later went to the scene of the attack in Paris. A warning message was broadcast via loudspeakers at the Palais de Justice in Paris, opposite the police headquarters. "There was an attack at the police headquarters and the situation was under control," the letter said, but said the area was "still under surveillance."

The bloody attack came a day after thousands of police in Paris took part in a "march of anger", in an unprecedented move for nearly 20 years.

Unlike the motives of previous moves, the latest move is not linked to a bloody incident, but rather to high service burdens and tensions related to the Zero Jackets movement against President Emmanuel Macron's social and economic policy, as well as high rates of suicide within the police (52 since January), a chronic issue. Inside them.

According to trade union organizations, 26,000 people took part. France has about 150,000 police. "Today, after the wave of terrorist attacks, there are factors that are building up," said Jack Mayer, co-chair of the Center for Research on Law and Penal Institutions. "That's the deteriorating relationship with the people."

While the motives of the perpetrator remain unknown at this stage, the security forces stand out among the repeated targets of terrorist organizations, including IS.

Raid the attacker's house in search of motivation

Paris - Prosecutors are focusing on the motives behind the knife attack at Paris police headquarters, Paris prosecutor Remy Hitz said.

"His house is being searched, and further investigations will of course take place in the coming hours," Hitz said in a brief impromptu statement at a news conference outside the police headquarters.

Hitz said the Paris prosecutors were "in constant contact" with anti-terrorism prosecutors who are handling suspected terrorism cases.

Hitz said the 45-year-old bomber was "neutralized" by another police officer. Paris