A hammer-wielding assailant shouting “This is for Syria!” attacked police outside Notre Dame Cathedral on Tuesday, setting off a security scramble at one of Paris’ best-known landmarks. The assailant, who was hospitalized along with one police officer, apparently acted alone, Interior Minister Gerard Collomb told reporters. Among the tourists taking shelter inside Notre Dame was Nancy Soderberg, a former White House deputy national security advisor and ambassador to the United Nations. She was visiting the cathedral with her 16-year-old niece when a clergyman announced that there had been "an incident” outside. 8:10 a.m.: This story has been updated with Paris police saying an officer shot and injured an attacker.

Source: Los Angeles Times June 06, 2017 14:48 UTC