A second person has been taken into custody after the stabbing attack that left two injured on Friday near the former premises of the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, AFP learned from a judicial source.

A first suspect had been arrested near the Place de la Bastille in Paris, according to the Paris police headquarters.

In addition, the national anti-terrorism prosecution announced that it had been seized of the investigation.

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The flagrance investigation is open for "attempted assassination in connection with a terrorist enterprise" and "criminal terrorist association", he said. 

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