June 2017 Champs-Élysées attack
On 19 June 2017, the driver of a car containing guns rammed the car into a police vehicle on the Champs-Élysées in Paris, France. He was immediately killed by police.
The Champs-Élysées was the site of the an attack in April.
At 3:40 pm Paris local time in Paris a man attempted to ram his vehicle into a police car on the heavily guarded Champs-Élysées.[1] The car contained an AK47 assault rifle, handguns, and a gas canister.[2] The attacker was killed and the incident is under investigation as possible terrorism.[2][1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bell, Melissa (19 June 2017). Car rams police van on Champs-Elysees, armed suspect dead. CNN. http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/19/europe/paris-police-operation/index.html. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Henley, Jon (19 June 2017). Champs Élysées: driver dead as car carrying firearms rams police van. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/19/champs-elysees-sealed-off-car-hits-police-van-paris. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
