An administrative worker was stabbed to death at a police station in the southwest of the French capital on Friday.
The attacker, identified as a 36-year-old Tunisian man, was shot by police officers at the station in Rambouillet, 60 kilometers from Paris.
The woman, 48, was stabbed in the throat twice in the secure entrance area of the station on Friday early afternoon. She died on the spot despite the intervention of first responders.
French judicial police officers arrive at a police station in Rambouillet, southwest of Paris, after a woman was stabbed to death in the town. /Bertrand Guay/AFP
Prime Minister Jean Castex and Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin both announced they were heading to the scene.
An investigation by the French counter-terror police is under way to determine the motive for the attack.
"The horror, once again targeting and striking law enforcement," commented the police union Alliance on Twitter.