As a result of the incident, one policeman was killed. Two more ambulances took me to the hospital. The city police killed the attacker in return fire.

According to eyewitnesses, the incident occurred on the Eliseevskiye fields. The attacker fired at police officers.

The police are considering several versions and one of them is a terrorist act. At the same time, as three sources at the same time reported to the police, it may have been about an attempted armed robbery.

The attacker came to the Champs-Elysees by car, then on a red signal of a traffic light came out. In his hands was a Kalashnikov assault rifle, suddenly he started shooting.

At the same time, law enforcers suggest that he could have an accomplice who escaped and is now on the wanted list.

Recall that in France since 2015 in France operates a state of emergency. The country suffered a wave of Islamist militant attacks, during which over the past two years, more than 230 people were killed.

As reported URA-Inform, April 18 in France were detained two radical men. According to the assumption of the police, they planned a quick and brutal attack, which men were supposed to carry out before April 23.