AP PARIS: France’s interior minister has said that a driver who rammed a car carrying explosives into a police convoy on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris has died after the ‘attempted attack’ on security forces.
Agencies report that firearms like Kalashnikov, handguns, and gas bottles were found in the car.
Interior minister Gerard Collomb told reporters near the scene Monday that the man’s motives weren’t immediately clear. But French police said, the 31-year-old man from Paris suburb had been flagged for extremism.
@rtve el momento después de la explosión del coche en #ChampsElysees, forcejean con el sospechoso para sacarlo pic.twitter.com/o4km0SByTJ
— Eugenio Morcillo (@elugeescojonudo) June 19, 2017
#ChampsElysees assailant seen here on the ground has died says #france interior minister pic.twitter.com/m2gVE3RuS8
— Melissa Bell (@MelissaBellCNN) June 19, 2017
Police cordon growing around #ChampsElysees pic.twitter.com/aeyqD3p6GF
— Melissa Bell (@MelissaBellCNN) June 19, 2017
#ChampsElysées : je viens de me rendre sur les lieux de l’attaque qui visait nos forces de sécurité. pic.twitter.com/9Rg7PEIJ5s
— Gérard Collomb (@gerardcollomb) June 19, 2017
