French police on Tuesday, October 31, shot and gravely wounded a woman who was allegedly making threats in a Paris regional train, a police source and the Paris prosecutor's office told Agence France-Presse.

The police were contacted early this morning, following calls from passengers who mentioned a "fully veiled" woman who was "making threats" on an RER train then running in the Val-de-Marne, the police source explained.

The identity given by the woman has not yet been confirmed, said Paris Police.

MNA