Police and firefighters close the street in Vincennes where a policewoman was stabbed inside a house. Picture: Pierre 1er/Twitter.

The nurse was attacked after taking a call to a house in Vincennes on Friday morning, Le Parisien reported.

When police arrived at the house, the 29-year-old suspect stabbed a policewoman in the neck before he was shot dead by the officer’s colleagues.

The stabbed police officer was taken to hospital and was believed to be in a stable condition.

The above tweet by Pierre 1er reads: “Cops and firefighters, street closed at Vincennes.”

Locals reportedly said they heard gunshots as the suspect made a run for it.

A motive for the attack has not been established but authorities told local media the suspect had recently left a psychiatric hospital.

The attack came just three days after another policewoman was stabbed in Toulouse in southwestern France by a man shouting that he was “sick of France”.

The attacker, an Algerian man, was arrested at the scene and taken into custody. His victim was taken to hospital for stitches to neck injuries.

France is on edge following a series of attacks including the Charlie Hebdo, Bataclan Concert Hall and Nice atrocities.

Paris prosecutor Francois Molins said the country could be rocked by more attacks.

He told Le Monde: “The weakening of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria is a factor that increases the risk of attacks.”