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2017 Champs-Elysee Shooting Thread
Topic Started: Apr 20 2017, 03:40 PM (103 Views)
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Sky News reporting that a French police officer has been shot and killed in an apparent terrorist act.....quoting Sky:
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A police officer has been killed and another wounded in what police believe was probably a terror shooting incident in Paris.

Police sources say the officers were attacked on the Champs-Elysee and the person who fired on them has also been killed.

At least two attackers are reported to be involved and authorities are warning people to avoid the area.

French media are reporting two shots were fired in the incident and one of the attackers is still at large.
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....frm Sky News's Twitter feed....


(1) French police source says one officer has been killed and another has been wounded in a shooting in Paris
(2) French police source says a person who fired on police in Paris has been killed
(3) French police say shooting in the Champs-Elysees area of Paris in which one police officer has been killed was probably "a terrorist act"
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--An eyewitness of the shooting in Paris says a man got out of a car and began shooting "with a Kalashnikov" and hit a policeman (Sky News Newsdesk - 20 April 2017)
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--Three police sources say shooting in Paris could have been an attempt at an armed robbery (Sky News Newsdesk, 20 April 2017)
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--Reuters: police source says shots have been fired at a new location near Champs-Elysees in Paris (Sky News Newsdesk, 20 April 2017)
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--Reuters: police source says gunman killed in Paris shooting was known to security services (Sky News Newsdesk, 20 April 2017)
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(Sky News) Sky News' Dominic Waghorn, who is at the scene, says the police are tense with one pointing his gun at people as people were ordered to get back

President Trump said the shooting in Paris resembled recent terrorist attacks.

He said: "First of all, our condolences from our country to the people of France. Again, it is happening, it seems. It looks like another terrorist attack. What can you say? It just never ends. We have to be strong and we have to be vigilant, and I have been saying it for a long time."
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(Sky News) Paris police and soldiers have sealed off the area around the Champs-Elysees, ordering tourists back into their hotels and blocking people from approaching the scene.

French President Francois Hollande has scheduled an emergency meeting following the shooting

Police say a search is taking place at the home of the killed attacker
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(Sky News) Summary of Events - 4:33pm
--A gunman has shot dead a police officer and wounded two others before being killed himself, say the authorities
--The attacker's home is being searched by police
--French President Francois Hollande has scheduled an emergency meeting
--Attack comes just days before France's presidential election
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--UPDATE: Second policeman dies of wounds from Paris shooting - police source. (Reuters, 20 April 2017)
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(Sky News) The UK Foreign Office has issued advice to Britons in Paris
--It said in a statement: "The British Embassy is in contact with local authorities and urgently seeking further information following reports of a shooting incident on the Champs-Elysees in Paris. "You should remain vigilant and follow the advice of the local security authorities and/or your tour operator. If you're in the area and it is safe to do so, contact your friends and family to tell them you are safe."
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--Second policeman dies of wounds from Paris shooting, police say (Yahoo News, 20 April 2017)
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(Sky News) A Paris resident says the gunfire on the Champs-Elysees sent scores of tourists fleeing into side streets.
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--"It just never ends," says President Trump after a police officer is shot dead in #Paris in what police say was probably a terror attack (Sky News, 20 April 2017)
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(Sky News) The authorities are saying the attacker appeared to be alone.

Police and soldiers have sealed off the area around the Champs-Elysees.
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