Source: BBC 

One person has died and another has been injured in an attack on a street in central Paris.

France’s Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said an attacker had targeted passers-by around the Quai de Grenelle, close to the Eiffel Tower.

He added that the assailant had been arrested and the injured person was being treated by emergency services. 

Citing a police source, AFP news agency described the incident as a stabbing attack.

A police operation is ongoing around the Bir-Hakeim metro station, and authorities have urged people to avoid the area.