French interior minister Gerald Darmanin said on Saturday that "the street where Charlie Hebdo used to be, this is the way the Islamist terrorists operate". Watch: "This is a new bloody attack on our country," the interior minister said, adding,"clearly an act of Islamist terrorism".

Paris knife attack clearly an act of Islamist terrorism: French interior minister Gerald Darmanin

According to SITE observatory, Al-Qaeda threatened French weekly Charlie Hebdo with a repeat of the 2015 massacre of its staff after it republished controversial cartoons of Prophet Mohammed.

Al-Qaeda threatens Charlie Hebdo for republishing Prophet Mohammed's cartoons

A primary suspect of the Charlie Hebdo shooting has denied any responsibility of the heinous attack that took place in 2015. Ali Riza Polat, a 35-year-old Franco-Turkish man, who was jailed a few weeks after the attacks said "I am innocent" when he was put on trial on Friday.

'I am innocent': Prime suspect of Charlie Hebdo shooting declines all accusations

The trial of accessories to deadly attacks in January 2015 on French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and other targets is set to open in Paris on September 2.

Trial in Charlie Hebdo killings to get underway on Wednesday

Tight security surrounded the justice tribunal in Paris on Wednesday (September 2), ahead of the trial on the Charlie Hebdo shootings.

Charlie Hebdo attack trial set to begin under tight security