Man with Cleaver Killed by Police near Paris Police Station

The police in Paris reported that they have shot and killed a man holding a cleaver, who attempted an attack on the one-year anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo attacks. Security throughout the city has been heightened this week due to the anniversary.

According to the French authorities, the incident occurred in the neighborhood of Barbes, located in northern Paris. The Interior Ministry spokesman Pierre-Henry Brandet informed the CNN affiliate BFMTV that man had screamed "Allahu Akbar" before he tried to enter a police station in Goutte D'Or. "Allahu Akbar" is Arabic for "God is Great."

The city's prosecutor spokeswoman, Agnes Thibault-Lecuivre told CNN that the man wore something that resembled explosives, which ended up being a fake vest. The man has yet to be identified but police officials do not believe that he had any accomplices.

Following the incident, two metro lines that run into the area were temporarily shut down. The Gare du Nord train station was also on lock down. They have all reopened.

Paris is still reeling from the attacks in 2015 that were carried out by French-born brothers. Exactly one-year ago, two jihadist gunmen stormed the offices of Charlie Hebdo, a satirical magazine, and killed 11 people. They also shot a Muslim police officer outside of the offices. The magazine had angered a lot of Islamists after it published a cartoon of Mohammad.

Later in the year, the capital was attacked by members of Islamic State, which is also known as ISIS or ISIL. The terrorist group carried out shootings and bombings on Nov. 13 that left 130 people dead and hundreds more injured.

Since these attacks, France and the rest of the world have remained on high alert.