PARIS, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Paris police shot and critically wounded a woman wearing a hijab in a metro station on Tuesday morning, after commuters reported her shouting Jihadist slogans and behaving in a threatening manner, the government said.
The fully-veiled woman was shot at the Bibliotheque Nationale de France station.
The fire service, which provided emergency care for the woman, said she was shot in the abdomen.
The metro station, on the RER C line, was evacuated after the incident, police said.
Two investigations were opened, one against the woman and a second into the use of weapons by police, the government spokesman said.
Persons:
Olivier Veran, Veran, Tassilo Hummel, Dominique Vidalon, Michel Rose, John Stonestreet
Organizations:
Paris police, Bibliotheque Nationale de, Thomson
Locations:
Paris, France, Israel, Gaza, Bibliotheque Nationale de France