the french prime minister bernard cazeneuve said it appeared to be a terrorist attack.of ensuring the security of the louvre museum was assaulted in what was clearly a n museum was assaulted in what was clearly an attack that was terrorist in nature. i wanted to say, as these events have ta ken in nature. i wanted to say, as these events have taken place, that my heart is full of recognition and gratitude for the police, the soldiers working at a heightened security level in our country to keep the security of the nation and the protection of the french people. local french tv spoke to a chef who was inside the louvre at the time of the attack. he described his experience. i was getting things ready as i do every morning and i heard the sound of a shooting. first i thought it was the security doors closing as they usually do when they test the fire alarms, but i realised it was not the doors, it was real gunshots. it was frightening. i said to my colleagues, let's go, go, go, this is not right. i was really frightened and so was everyone else. we saw people falling down

we just heard from bernard cazeneuve, giving gratitude to the security forces that are currently on patrol here in rest of theound the country. they have been, for the past two years. how ineffective has the situation -- how effective has the situation been? >> i think this incident, this theck is just proving that this positive is very reliable and useful. it is a problem saying our state of emergency is do not have to stay so long. i think as long as we have this kind of terrorist threat, we need to have this. they are more useful than ever. have rules ofrs engagement that allow them to retaliate. this man has just been shot, i think. indeed, we are waiting more on the suspect's condition and exactly what took place. i want to go back to what you mentioned in terms of the sentinel operation and its effectiveness. you mentioned that perhaps it was a media problem, saying that it was not an effective force. fatigue?ere patrol how long can this go on? on -- toco it will go my caroline: it will go on as long as the threat remains high. , the general big problem in france, and we have a level

the french prime minister bernard cazeneuve said it appeared to be a terrorist attack.l, but that is the information i have and i wa nt to that is the information i have and i want to say here, that my heart is full of recognition and gratitude for the police, the soldiers who are working in a heightened security level to make sure the security of the nation and the protection of the french people. we also heard from a police officer. translation: in the commercial area of the man threw himself at the soldier who was there, with one weapon, possibly two. his colleague fired at least five rounds and one bullet hit the individual. he was seriously injured, very seriously in the stomach area. these are the facts we have an inquiry has been opened into the incident. just to clarify, the individual had two backpacks. regarding the explosives, there is no immediate risk of the area has been made safe and the people who we re been made safe and the people who were trapped are now exiting the commercial area and the museum. on the line isjonathan kuzy — an american law student