France’s interior minister said he will present a bill to extend the country’s state of emergency until Nov. 1 following an attack on police in Paris Monday.
? #BREAKING: Suspected attacker has crashed a vehicle into police van on #ChampsÉlysées pic.twitter.com/HlkWki94s4
— FRANCE 24 English (@France24_en) June 19, 2017
Fortunately, no one was hurt but the attacker, who rammed a car loaded with explosives and firearms into a police van in the Champs-Elysees shopping district. Investigators said the driver was a 31-year-old man from a Paris suburb who had been “flagged for extremism.” What kind of extremism remains a mystery.
The Latest: Paris police remove body of man who died after ramming car filled with explosives into police convoy. https://t.co/2toVodTbax
— The Associated Press (@AP) June 19, 2017
ABC News managed to tread very carefully earlier in the day, tweeting only that a vehicle had “allegedly collided” with a police car.
DEVELOPING: Paris police responding to incident on the Champs Elysées in which vehicle allegedly collided with a police car, police say.
— ABC News (@ABC) June 19, 2017
Police later confirmed the car had a human driver, who had loaded the vehicle with guns and explosives.
Man who crashed into police car near Paris's Champs-Elysées had guns, gas canisters in vehicle, French officials say https://t.co/JD3Mdbfgx2 pic.twitter.com/wAJRcskLXV
— ABC News (@ABC) June 19, 2017
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Dramatic moment a French officer checks for suicide bomb as he cuts clothes off driver on the Champs-Élysées https://t.co/5cG75anlPr pic.twitter.com/nHnpp4f6TY
— Daily Mail Online (@MailOnline) June 19, 2017
That's the new normal; #France remains the #1 target for jihadists, in particular for #IslamicState and #AlQaeda https://t.co/iaUGS96DIT
— Olivier Guitta (@OlivierGuitta) June 19, 2017
A car loaded with gas canisters rammed into a police van on Champs-Elysees in Paris in an "attempted attack" https://t.co/i373aE3h9j pic.twitter.com/tpBguvRDqU
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) June 19, 2017
Firearms and explosive materials were found in the car, French Interior Minister Gérard Collomb said https://t.co/vNopAsaNmk
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) June 19, 2017
Cannisters, a kalashnikov, handguns, explosives found in the car that attempted to ram police in Champs Elysee https://t.co/wMMgvvVEws
— Raffaello Pantucci (@raffpantucci) June 19, 2017
#BREAKING Champs-Elysees car attacker was on terror watchlist, probe sources say
— AFP news agency (@AFP) June 19, 2017
ANOTHER Terrorist Attack By 'Known Wolf' In Paris. This Time It Was Botched. No Injuries. Suspect Dead. https://t.co/adSyYY0MXP @benshapiro
— Joshua Yasmeh (@JoshYaz) June 19, 2017
Is it safe to travel to PARIS? Updated advice after car drives into police van https://t.co/iVROruNyUA pic.twitter.com/xyD9Lr7Ij0
— Daily Express (@Daily_Express) June 19, 2017
New French President Macron said during his campaign "terrorism will be part of our daily lives for the years to come"…good luck France
— Tyler Wine ?? (@T__Wine) June 19, 2017
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BREAKING: Paris Police shoot man who attacked them with a hammer outside of the Notre Dame cathedral https://t.co/9lNQXSf7CM
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) June 6, 2017
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