Suspected terror attack wounds 2 in Paris

A man wielding a knife seriously wounded two people in Paris yesterday in a suspected terror attack outside the former offices of satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, three weeks into the trial of suspected accomplices in the 2015 massacre of the newspaper's staff. 

Charlie Hebdo had angered Muslims around the world by publishing offensive cartoons, and in a defiant gesture ahead of the trial this month, it reprinted the caricatures on its front cover.

12 people, including some of France's most celebrated cartoonists, were killed in the January 7, 2015, attack by Islamist gunmen.

The attack is being investigated by specialist anti-terror prosecutors who have opened a probe into charges of "attempted murder related to terrorism" and "conspiracy with terrorists."

Paris prosecutor Remy Heitz said "the main perpetrator has been arrested" . A second person was also detained later in the Bastille area and held for questioning.