- Thu Apr 20, 2017 2:57 pm
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A police officer was killed and two were seriously injured when a gunman opened fire late Thursday on the famed Champs-Élysées shopping district in Paris before he was shot dead, officials said.
Paris police spokeswoman Johanna Primevert told The Associated Press the attacker, who is believed to have acted alone, targeted police guarding the area near the Franklin Roosevelt subway station at the center of the avenue popular with tourists. The attacker was a known Muslim extremist who openly called for Jihad on social media and had many prior run ins with Paris police.
French President Francois Hollande said he is convinced the circumstances of the Paris shooting points to a terrorist act. This follows a terrorist bombing attempt in Paris that was averted just days ealier by alert police officers.
