Louvre shuts after knife attack of ‘terrorist nature’

French police are evacuating 250 people from the Muse du Louvre in Paris after a man attacked a patrolling soldier near the museums entrance at 10am today. The attack, which happened on the stairway of the Carrousel du Louvre, an underground shopping centre, has been described as being of a terrorist nature by the French Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve. The attacker, who police say shouted Allahu Akbar during the assault, was seriously wounded after another soldier fired at him five times