Champs-Elysées: Armed man crashes car into police van on in ‘attempted attack’

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Champs-Elysées: Armed man crashes car into police van on in 'attempted attack'
Photo: AFP Police in Paris are advising the public to stay away from the Champs-Elysées on Monday afternoon after an armed man crashed his car that contained a gas canister into a police van. The driver died according to the Interior Minister, who described the incident as an “attempted terror attack”.

French police launched a major security operation on the famous Champs-Elysées avenue in the west of Paris on

Monday after what was believed to be the latest terror attack targeting police in the French capital.

Members of the public were told to avoid the area after a driver crashed his Renault Megane into a van carrying gendarmes (French military police) at around 15:40. The driver’s vehicle (seen in the picture below) then exploded into flames. Police say there was a gas canister inside the car.

France’s Interior Minister Gerard Collomb described it as an “attempted attack”.

Police sources have told French media they believe the act was deliberate and anti-terrorist police have been called in to take charge of the investigation.

Source:Thelocal.fr