In the Champs Elysees area in Paris, the car crashed into the van of the gendarmerie, and then caught fire. The culprit was killed, said the Ministry of internal Affairs of France.
The incident was reported, none of the officers or civilians were injured.
Currently the situation is under control, according to police. The car rammed the police van, check explosives.
As informs Agency Reuters, the police cordoned off the area around the théâtre Marigny and recommended that the capital’s residents and tourists not to approach the Champs-élysées. Closed metro station Champs-Elysees-Clemenceau.
The investigation of the incident at the elysée’s anti-terrorist unit charged by French prosecutors.
According to French media reports, the attack likely was intentional.
Agence France-press and the TV channel BFM-TV reported that the car the perpetrator of the accident was found a Kalashnikov rifle, ammunition and a gas cylinder. According to BFM-TV, 33-year-old driver, whose name was not called, was known to the intelligence services.
After a series of major terrorist attacks that occurred in France over the past two years, the country is in a state of emergency.
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