Woman who threatened to blow herself up on train is shot by police in Paris

Police officers enter a subway station after a woman was shot on a train (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Paris police opened fire on Tuesday on a woman who threatened to blow herself up after allegedly making death threats and speaking in support of terrorism on a train heading into the French capital.

It was the latest security incident in France, which has been on heightened anti-terror alert since a fatal stabbing at a school on October 13 blamed on an Islamic extremist.