The conditions of the victims have not been made public although French Prime Minister Jean Castex told reporters at the scene that their lives were not in danger.<\/p>\n
The attack comes as a high-profile trial is under way in Paris of 14 people accused of helping two jihadists carry out the 2015 attack on Charlie Hebdo, in which 12 people were killed.<\/p>\n
The two people wounded were staff at a TV production company, one of their colleagues told AFP news agency.<\/p>\n
“Two colleagues were smoking a cigarette outside the building, in the street. I heard shouting. I went to the window and saw one of my colleagues, covered in blood, being chased by a man with a machete in the street,” another member of staff at the Premi\u00e8res Lignes production firm said.<\/p>\n
The firm has offices in the Rue Nicolas Appert, a side street off Boulevard Richard Lenoir where the former Charlie Hebdo offices are located. A mural to the 12 people killed in the Charlie Hebdo attack is nearby.<\/p>\n
The satirical magazine has since moved to a secret location.<\/p>\n
Mr Castex visited the scene accompanied by Interior Minister G\u00e9rald Darmanin and Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo.<\/p>\n
The prime minister reiterated the government’s “firm commitment to combat terrorism by all possible means”.<\/p>\n
At a news conference, anti-terrorism prosecutor Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Ricard confirmed that the “main perpetrator” had been arrested and said a “second individual” was also in custody.<\/p>\n
“The investigation will continue,” he said.<\/p>\n
Charles Michel, President of the European Council and former Belgian PM, expressed his “full solidarity with the French people”.<\/p>\n
“All my thoughts are with the victims of this cowardly act of violence. Terror has no place on European territory,” he tweeted.<\/p>\n
In a tweet, Charlie Hebdo expressed its “support and solidarity with its former neighbours… and the people affected by this odious attack”.<\/p>\n
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Charlie Hebdo has marked the start of the trial by reprinting controversial cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad that sparked protests in several Muslim countries.<\/p>\n
In response, the militant group al-Qaeda renewed its threat to the magazine.<\/p>\n
The magazine’s head of human resources said earlier this week that she had moved out of her home after receiving death threats.<\/p>\n
The defendants in the trial are also accused of helping another jihadist carry out a related attack in which he shot dead a policewoman, then attacked a Jewish store, killing four people.<\/p>\n
The 17 victims were killed over a period of three days. All three attackers were killed by police. The killings marked the beginning of a wave of jihadist attacks across France that left more than 250 people dead.<\/p>\n
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