PARIS, FRANCE - JANUARY 07: Armed police stand guard after a man was shot dead by police on January 7, 2016 in Paris, France. French A man was shot dead in Paris on Thursday after he tried to carry out an attack at a police station in the French capital's eighteenth district. According to the countrys interior ministry the man was armed with a knife and "an apparent explosive vest". The attempted assault took place just before midday local time, exactly one year on from the Charlie Hebdo murders. (Photo by Geoffroy Van der Hasselt/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)