French police officer killed, Champs-Elyses in Paris closed, CNN affiliate says
Last edited Thu Apr 20, 2017, 06:48 PM - Edit history (1)
Source: CNN
(CNN)One police officer has been killed in a shooting in Paris on Thursday and the attacker has been "taken down," according to CNN affiliate BFMTV.
BFMTV also reports another police officer was seriously injured and an unidentified man was hit by "cross-fire" in the the Champs-Elysées area. BFMTV has not specified if the unidentified man was the attacker or a bystander.
Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/20/europe/champs-elyses-in-paris-closed/index.html
Isis has claimed responsibility.
golfguru
(4,987 posts)karynnj
(59,475 posts)Unless someone gets 50%, which at least one source said has never happened, there is a run off of the top two. I heard MSNBC speaking of how if terrorism, it could help Le Pin, but she is polling at about 23% - second highest. For at least the last month everyone has expected the run off to include Le Pen and either Macron or Fillon, but the Communist Melechron is the one surging. Either Macron or Fillon poll at over 60 in a second round vs Le Pen. I do not know if any second rounds with Melechron have been polled. Though unlikely, that could be a disaster.
B2G
(9,766 posts)Searching deceased gunman's home.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,154 posts)http://www.france24.com/en/20170420-reports-shots-fired-champs-elysee-paris-police-guns-france
brooklynite
(93,873 posts)leftynyc
(26,060 posts)to see lots of security. I hope you're off to somewhere fabulous.
brooklynite
(93,873 posts)FWIW; last year I flew through about a week or two after another Paris attack. Didn't see anything notably different.
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)I go to Greece in a couple of months. It seems every time I fly, I see more and more people with guns around. And dogs. Lots and lots of dogs.
Rustyeye77
(2,736 posts)and each guy looks like they have no sense of humor.
when I walked in the airport one of the military immediately asked for my passport and proof of flight.
And he looked me over big time.
All I could look at was this huge automatic he was holding.
I've been going there for over 20 years so even remember their old airport with the huge tank outside. Greece is a country where all the men serve in the military (maybe women too by now but I don't think so) and they ALL seem to have that scowling thing down pat. Once again I'm going to be explaining how the person with the most votes doesn't win the White House. I'll be wearing my Don't blame me, I voted for Hillary button
nitpicker
(7,153 posts)From the article:
Mr Cheufi was convicted in the early 2000s of attempted murder in the shooting of two police officers and served several years in prison.
More recently the intelligence services identified him as a potential Islamist radical, French media say.
Only several years in jail for trying to murder police? Things for their upcoming election on Sunday seem seriously up in the air.
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,283 posts)Isis: Goddess of health, wisdom, marriage.
ISIS will be eliminated by Prez Trump. You'll be amazed at how very very fast he'll eliminate them. So fast.
christx30
(6,241 posts)JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,283 posts)He liked to mummify cats, for sure. So many cats. Chase 'em and mummify 'em, that's all he did.