French police have shot dead a man who was apparently trying to attack a police station, on the anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo attacks. Police brought in explosives experts after wires were seen extending from the suspect's body. Minutes earlier President Francois Hollande had praised police in a speech commemorating the Paris killings. Gunmen murdered 17 people in a series of attacks including at Charlie Hebdo and a Jewish supermarket. In his address, Mr Hollande said 5,000 extra police and gendarmes would be added to existing forces by 2017.
French officials say the man shouted "Allahu Akbar!" (God is Great) outside a police station in Goutte d'Or, near Montmartre, where police shot and killed him.
Reports said he was wielding a knife but there was no confirmation he was wearing a suicide belt. A police robot used for bomb disposal checked the man's body in the street.
A year ago police killed three jihadist gunmen who inflicted three days of terror on Paris. But questions remain about their jihadist contacts and possible accomplices in the Middle East.
Three police officers were among the 17 victims of the gunmen on 7-9 January, 2015.
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