Have to wonder how this may influence the upcoming election in France?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/201...-part-city-centre-amid-reports-officers-shot/
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/201...-part-city-centre-amid-reports-officers-shot/
BREAKING NEWS - TERROR ATTACK IN PARIS
REFRESH FOR UPDATES - Latest update 4:33pm et - A second police officer has now died in a suspected terror attack along the Champs-Élysées in Paris. A gunman exited a vehicle and fired a Kalishnikov rifle into a police van that was waiting at a stop light.
According to FranceTV Info, there were several assailants, one of whom was killed and others who are still at large. The dead attacker was known to intelligence services. Police are warning people to avoid the area.
The attack comes just three days before the first round of France's presidential election. Earlier this week police arrested two men in what they described as a thwarted terror attack. An arsenal of weapons and bomb-making equipment along with an Isis flag were found in their apartment.
Two police officers killed in Champs Elysees shooting
One suspect shot dead
At least one other suspect thought to be on the loose
Central Paris in lockdown
Attack comes three days before presidential election
France under state of emergency