One police officer killed, another wounded in Paris shooting

Attacker shot police guarding metro near Champs-Elysees but was shot dead; 1 police killed, 1 wounded
Thursday, 20 April 2017 22:38

One policeman was killed and another wounded in a shooting incident in central Paris on Thursday night, a police source said.

The person who fired on police on the Champs-Elysees, one of the world's most prestigious boulevards, has been killed, the source said.

Police authorities called on the public to avoid the area.