(CNN)French authorities have opened a terror investigation after a soldier shot a man wielding a machete near the Louvre museum in Paris.

A new radical Islamic terrorist has just attacked in Louvre Museum in Paris. Tourists were locked down. France on edge again. GET SMART U.S.

Something is going down at The #Louvre 30 National Police vehicles with guns drawn pic.twitter.com/kpLTCtVdZN

CNN's David Williams, Kara Fox, Simon Cullen, Milena Veselinovic and Lindsay Isaac contributed to this report.

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