One dead and Brit tourist injured after attack near Eiffel Tower in Paris

A person has died and a British tourist has been injured in an attack near the Eiffel Tower in Paris (Picture: Reuters)

A person has been killed and a British tourist injured in an attack on a street in central Paris.

An assailant targeted ‘passers-by’ in the Quai de Grenelle area of France’s capital, according to interior minister Gérald Darmanin.

Police said the person killed was a tourist with dual German and Filipino nationality.

The second victim was a British man who was out walking with his wife and child when he was attacked from behind.

He is said to be in a stable condition in hospital.

The attack happed by the Bir Hakeim bridge, which runs across the Seine River, near the Eiffel Tower.

People have been asked to avoid the area.

Emergency services have urged people to avoid the area (Picture: Reuters)

Mr Darmanin wrote on X: ‘The police have just courageously arrested an assailant attacking passers-by in Paris, around the Quai de Grenelle.

‘One deceased person and one injured person treated by the Paris Fire Brigade. Please avoid the area.’

A knife and hammer were used in the attack, according to local media reports.

‘The assailant was neutralised very quickly by police,’ Dr Patrick Pelloux told BFM TV.

‘We tried to save the life of this man. It’s a man who died and they (the people who were attacked) were tourists.’

A British tourist was attacked in Paris city centre on Saturday night (Picture: Reuters)

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