Paris attacked again - Policeman dead two others injured

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http://www.reuters.com/article/us-fr...-idUSKBN17M2I8

By Julien Pretot and Emmanuel Jarry | PARIS
A French policeman was shot dead and two others were wounded in a shooting in central Paris on Thursday night before the gunman himself was killed by officers, police and the Interior Ministry said.

The Islamic State group claimed the shooting, days before French presidential elections, via its Amaq news agency, naming the attacker as Abu Yousif the Belgian. President Francois Hollande said he was convinced it was a terrorist attack.

A second suspect who might have been involved in the incident on the Champs Elysees shopping boulevard may still be on the loose, authorities said.

The famous wide street that leads away from the Arc de Triomphe that had earlier been crowded with Parisians and tourists enjoying a spring evening remained closed off hours after the incident.

France has lived under a state of emergency since 2015 and has suffered a spate of Islamist militant attacks, mostly perpetrated by young men who grew up in France and Belgium, and that have killed more than 230 people in the past two years.

Interior ministry spokesman Pierre-Henry Brandet said it was too early to say what the motive of the attack was, but that it was clear the police officers had been deliberately targeted.

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[Dandelion]

Belgian from Antwerp even. At least he had a job in Antwerp from what I read already. Can't even blame Mullahbeek.

EDIT: His name was Karim C. apparently and he had the French nationality, but ISIL referred to him as Abu Yussef al Belgiki. There's also a rumour he was employed in Antwerp, but could be the media not checking their sources. No idea there.