In the build up to the first round of the French Presidential Election this Saturday a tragic event has occurred tonight on the Champs-Elysees.
We will be covering events live as they unfold, here is what we know so far:
- Two attackers were involved in the shooting
- Two policeman were reportedly ‘targeted’
- Amongst the casualty list is one police officer as well as one of the attackers
- The attack is not being considered a terrorist attack
- Theory that it might be considered an attempted armed robbery
- Donald Trump has labelled the shooting as a ‘terrorist attack’
- French Interior Ministry: Too early to label this a terrorist attack
- As of now it is a security incident
- French Interior Ministry: Too early to label this a terrorist attack
- BBC News: Video Footage of bus being pulled over by six police vehicles on the Champs-Elysees earlier today
- Update: Shots fired in a new location near the Champs Elysees
- Second policeman involved remains in a critical condition
- Home of one of the attackers has been searched by police
- Reports of further gunfire was a false report
- Unconfirmed reports of a third policemen being injured in the attack
- Casualty Update: One police officer killed, two police officers are seriously injured
- President François Hollande is due to speak after holding a crisis meeting with Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve and Interior minister Matthias Fekl
- Arrest warrant put out for second suspect
- Interior Ministry Spokesman Pierre-Henry: ‘On the face of it, the officers were deliberately targeted’
- ISIS has claimed responsibility for the attack on the Champs-Elysees
- ISIS statement has named the attacker as Belgian fighter Abu Yusuf
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