PARIS CLASH:Three policemen sustain severe injuries

Three officers were hurt in clashes between riot police and masked youths during a May 1 march in Paris on Monday that carried extra significance six days before the presidential election run-off.

“Masked individuals threw objects and Molotov cocktails at police” who responded by firing teargas, authorities said.

The violence erupted near Place de la Bastille in the French capital as the march led by three unions including France’s biggest, the CGT, headed for another square nearby.

At one point, a blazing shopping trolley packed with flammable material was pushed towards police lines, an AFP photographer saw.

The rivals for the presidency, centrist frontrunner Emmanuel Macron and far-right rival Marine Le Pen, faced shows of opposition to their programmes during the fractious May 1 workers’ marches.

The election runoff takes place next Sunday.

AFP

Paris Champs Elysees attack gunman revealed

The gunman killed after shooting dead a policeman on the Champs Elysees has been named by the Paris prosecutor as Karim Cheurfi, a convicted criminal.

He used a Kalashnikov assault rifle to kill the police officer with two bullets to the head, François Molins told journalists in the French capital.

A note defending so-called Islamic State was found near his body.

Candidates in Sunday's presidential election have been accused of exploiting the attack politically.

Cheurfi had four criminal convictions, the prosecutor said.

Friday is the last day of campaigning before Sunday's presidential election.

The killer had spoken about wanting to kill police officers but had had no apparent link to Islamist radicalism, Mr Molins said.

Paris Champs Elysees shooting: One police officer dead and two 'seriously injured'

Paris Champs Elysees shooting: One police officer dead and two 'seriously injured' after gunman with Kalashniknov opens fire in 'likely terror attack'

A police officer has been shot dead by a gunman in Paris in what officials have described as a likely "terrorist" attack.

Two other officers are said to be seriously injured after the 'Kalashnikov'-wielding attacker opened fire in the French capital.

The horror shooting occurred on the Champs Elysees - one of the world's most prestigious boulevards - tonight.

At least two attackers are believed to have been involved in the attack, one of whom has been killed.

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