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http://ift.tt/2sCtqYv French policemen point their weapons near the site of an attack at the entrance of Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris on June 6, 2017. Anti-terrorist prosecutors have opened a probe after police shot and injured a man who had tried to attack an officer with a hammer outside Notre Dame cathedral. The officer was slightly injured in the attack outside the world-famous landmark in central Paris. One of his colleagues responded by shooting him, wounding the attacker, whose motives were not immediately known, according to a police source. / AFP PHOTO / Karim DAHER A man who attacked a policeman with a hammer outside Notre Dame cathedral in Paris had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group in a video found at his apartment, an investigation source said Wednesday. The 40-year-old man, who was shot and wounded by police after lunging at the officer, had shouted that he was “a soldier of the caliphate” during the attack on Tuesday and that he was acting in revenge “f...

http://ift.tt/2sCtqYv French policemen point their weapons near the site of an attack at the entrance of Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris on June 6, 2017. Anti-terrorist prosecutors have opened a probe after police shot and injured a man who had tried to attack an officer with a hammer outside Notre Dame cathedral. The officer was slightly injured in the attack outside the world-famous landmark in central Paris. One of his colleagues responded by shooting him, wounding the attacker, whose motives were not immediately known, according to a police source. / AFP PHOTO / Karim DAHER A man who attacked a policeman with a hammer outside Notre Dame cathedral in Paris had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group in a video found at his apartment, an investigation source said Wednesday. The 40-year-old man, who was shot and wounded by police after lunging at the officer, had shouted that he was “a soldier of the caliphate” during the attack on Tuesday and that he was acting in revenge “f...

http://ift.tt/2oWXcsX Aisha Buhari President Muhammadu Buhari’s wife has sought to play down fears about her husband’s health, as he faces calls to go on extended medical leave. Aisha Buhari said the head of state’s health was “not as bad as it’s being perceived”, without specifying the nature of his illness. “He continues to carry out his responsibilities during this period,” she wrote on her Twitter account on Tuesday evening. Buhari, 74, has been under growing pressure to disclose his state of health since he returned from London in early March after nearly two months away. He missed two out of the last three cabinet meetings in April, was absent from Friday prayers last week and failed to attend his grandson’s wedding on Saturday. His spokesman said he had undergone “a long period of treatment” in London and needed rest. On Tuesday, prominent Nigerians and civil society activists advised him to take medical leave. Nigerian media reported on Wednesday that former pre...