Shots Fired inside Paris Newspaper Office

Police in France's capital Paris are probing a shooting inside the offices of left-wing newspaper Liberation, file photo

A gunman armed with a riffle has opened fire inside the offices of French left-wing newspaper, Liberation in Paris.

A male photographer's assistant, aged 27, was seriously injured.

On Friday a man with a gun broke into the Paris offices of news channel BFMTV. He did not fire any shots and no-one was injured.

Police have sealed off the area around Liberation's offices and are probing a possible connection between the two incidents.

On its website, Liberation, cited by The BBC, said the man entered the premises shortly before 10:15 am (09:15 GMT), armed with a hunting rifle. He fired two shots, wounding the photographer's assistant before escaping.

The gunman did not say anything, Liberation reported.

"In a democracy, when someone enters a newspaper office with a gun, this is very, very serious, whatever the person's mental state," said Liberation's publisher Nicolas Demorand.

He called a news conference at 5:00 pm GMT.

A journalist from Liberation told BFMTV that the two security guards at the entrance immediately ducked down behind their desks when the man drew his weapon and did not see him clearly.

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