Paris shooting live: Isis claim attack that killed one police officer and wounded two others
Public warned to stay away from Champs-Elysees
Armed police have blocked off the Champs-Elysees in Paris after one police officer was killed and two seriously wounded in a shooting.
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Armed police have blocked off the Champs Elysees in Paris after an officer was killed and another wounded in a shooting.
A report citing a police source said the person who fired on officers had been killed in turn.
Police urged people to avoid the area.
A witness identified only as Ines told French television station BFM that she heard a shooting, saw a man's body on the ground and the area was quickly evacuated by police
A witness told local media: “Suddenly everyone got up and started running, we didn't even have the time to understand what was happening.
“We heard one or two gunshots, it wasn't a Kalashnikov, it was shot by shot. We ran. I really didn't understand what was happening, we moved down the street, police told us to move down further.
“I didn't see if they were two, three or just one assailant. We just ran.
“We heard two gunshots. All the people sat on the terrace got up and ran, chairs were falling over.”
Another eyewitness reported seeing a man get out of a car "with a Kalashnikov."
The police officer who was killed in the attack was reportedly shot while in a car stopped at a red light by an attacker driving by, a police union said on Twitter.
Police said the shooting was very probably a “terrorist act”, according to Reuters, while other reports suggested robbery may have been the motive.
French Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve will meet President François Hollande at the Elysee palace, AFP reports.
An assailant opened fire on a police van, a spokesperson for the interior minister told BFMTV.