21 Apr 2017

LIVE: Islamic State claims responsibility for deadly Paris shooting

9:23 am on 21 April 2017

One police officer is dead and two others have been injured in a shooting on the city's famous central boulevard.

Police officers patrol on the Champs-Elysees

Police officers patrol on the Champs-Elysees Photo: AFP

What we know

  • One police officer has been fatally shot and two others were injured
  • The attacker has been shot dead
  • The shooting has happened just days out from the first round of voting in France's presidential elections

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