Police fired at in Champs Eleysee

Hades · 20 Apr 2017 at 20:53

Reports coming in of an attack on police in France.

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp....-fired-champs-elysee-paris-police-guns-france

cm1179 · 20 Apr 2017 at 20:55

policeman dead?

John40 · 20 Apr 2017 at 20:55

Policeman shot dead attacker also shot dead.

bingham67 · 20 Apr 2017 at 20:58

Daily mail saying he had Ak47 jesus

dowie · 20 Apr 2017 at 20:59

RIP

(glad the attacker is dead!)

Skunkworks · 20 Apr 2017 at 21:00

/Waits for thread title to change

dowie · 20 Apr 2017 at 21:01

Skunkworks said:
/Waits for thread title to change

please don't speculate on the nature of the thread title...

Hades · 20 Apr 2017 at 21:01

I deliberately worded the title factually so please no-one change it.

RIP to the policeman. Suspected second attacker still at large.

Uther · 20 Apr 2017 at 21:03

Well timed for the election. RIP to the officer

nick.lidgett · 20 Apr 2017 at 21:05

Malevolence · 20 Apr 2017 at 21:05

Is it those damn Buddhists again?

Skunkworks · 20 Apr 2017 at 21:08

He looks like the Mekon.

John40 · 20 Apr 2017 at 21:13

More shots just fired at a new location.
Dead attacker known to Police.

sigma · 20 Apr 2017 at 21:17

Blimey. France is really going through some tough times.

Rroff · 20 Apr 2017 at 21:20

bingham67 said:
Daily mail saying he had Ak47 jesus

It isn't actually that unusual in France - lot of gang gun related violence in parts - suggestion is this is linked to that and/or armed robbery rather than terrorism.

robfosters · 20 Apr 2017 at 21:20

Bit different to recent attacks though in that the police have been specifically targeted. It's normally indiscriminate. Anyone will do.

StriderX · 20 Apr 2017 at 21:20

I wonder if its a local guy or someone from the banlieues, doesn't take much to set off a riot there... would be surprisingly effectual for Le Pen.

bingham67 · 20 Apr 2017 at 21:22

Rroff said:
It isn't actually that unusual in France - lot of gang gun related violence in parts - suggestion is this is linked to that and/or armed robbery rather than terrorism.

Oh I see

The Interior Ministry spokesman said on BFM TV the officers were deliberately targeted and the police union added that one of them was shot dead while sat in a car at a red light.

Just read this horrible

Housey · 20 Apr 2017 at 21:25

Very mixed news on this one. Multiple sources saying multiple things.

Azza · 20 Apr 2017 at 21:27

A second gunman according to Reuters.