Man arrested in Paris attack on police vehicle

Man arrested in Paris attack on police vehicle

PARIS (AP) — a person rammed his car into a police automobile in Paris' Champs-Elysees shopping district Monday, prompting a fiery explosion, and was possibly killed inside the incident, government stated.

France's anti-terrorism prosecutor opened an investigation.
No police officers or passers-by way of have been hurt, the Paris police department said.
it's far doubtful why the attacker drove into police, although the indoors Ministry spokesman said the incident changed into reputedly deliberate.

two police officials advised The related Press that a handgun changed into discovered on the driving force, who they said changed into badly burned after the car exploded.
They spoke on circumstance of anonymity to reveal details of the incident, the second this yr on the city's most well-known avenue, that's popular with travelers.

An attacker defending the Islamic state institution shot and killed a police officer at the Champs-Elysees in April, days earlier than a presidential election, prompting an intensive protection operation. France is under a country of emergency after a string of deadly Islamic extremist attacks.
On Monday, police cordoned off a wide swath of the Champs-Elysees road that cuts thru central Paris, caution human beings to keep away from the vicinity.

Bomb squads are combing the place and the closest subway station is closed to the general public.
interior Ministry spokesman Pierre-Henry Brandet said that the person is "most likely" useless.
Eric Favereau, a journalist for Liberation newspaper who was driving a scooter in the back of the gendarmes, said he saw a automobile blocking off the convoy's path, then an implosion in the car.
Favereau wrote that the gendarmes smashed open the home windows of the automobile at the same time as it turned into in flames and dragged out its occupant.

other gendarmes used fire extinguishers to place out the flames. The account failed to say what came about to the occupant of the automobile later on.
a person might be seen mendacity on his belly on the floor without delay after the incident, wearing a white blouse and dark shorts.