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Gunman Who Killed Policeman In Paris Had Been Arrested In February

Over 50 thousand police and soldiers have been fully mobilised in France after last night's shooting...
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6:22 AM - 21 Apr 2017



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Gunman Who Killed Policeman In Paris Had Been Arrested In February

TodayFM
TodayFM

6:22 AM - 21 Apr 2017



Over 50 thousand police and soldiers have been fully mobilised in France after last night's shooting in Paris.

A police officer was killed and three others were injured in the attack on one of the most famous streets in the world.

A gun and knives have been found in the car of the attacker who was shot dead. A second man wanted in connection with the attack has handed himself in to a police station in Antwerp, Belgium.

Islamic State says it was behind the attack.

It's emerged that the gunman had been held by authorities in February for threatening police - but later freed.

The Champs Elysees shooting comes just days before the country's presidential election.

Kim Buckley has this report:

French President Francois Hollande has given his reaction.


And President Trump.

 A row has now broken out between politicians ahead of the elections: one of the candidates, Marine Le Pen, who's head of the far right party the National Front - wants the government to immediately reinstate border checks in the wake of the attack.

French prime minister Bernard Caze neuve, speaking here through a translator, wasn't impressed with her tactics:

 

 

 

 



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