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Islamic State's news agency says group behind Paris police attack

14 June 2016 04:36 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. A French police chief was fatally stabbed in front of his home in a Paris suburb late on Monday and a woman was found dead inside, killings the Islamic State's Amaq news agency said were carried out by the militant group, APA reports quoting Reuters.

The unidentified attacker killed the 42-year-old commander before barricading himself inside the officer's house. He was shot dead by members of an elite police unit after negotiations failed. The body of the woman was found inside.

Interior ministry officials were not immediately available for comment, while a judicial source said the anti-terrorism unit of the prosecutor's office had been handed the investigation.

"Source to Amaq agency: Islamic State fighter kills deputy chief of the police station in the city of Les Mureaux and his wife," Amaq said on its news website.

If it is confirmed Islamic State was behind the murders, it would be the first militant strike on French soil since the government imposed a state of emergency after the multiple attacks on Paris in November that killed 130 people.