Champs-Elysees attack: Explosive-laden car rams into police van, suspect dead - TomoNews
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Channel: TomoNews US · 2017 · News & Politics
PARIS — An armed assailant rammed an explosives-laden car into a police van on France’s iconic Champs-Elysees on Monday afternoon. A convoy of police vans was travelling on the Champs-Élysées around 3:40 p.m. when an assailant drove a car carrying weapons including gas cylinders, automatic pistols and a Kalashnikov assault rifle struck the leading van. According to Le Parisien, the 31-year-old suspect from Île-de-France had an S-file, meaning he was known to the French government for potential terrorism-related concerns but the evidence was not sufficient to make an arrest. The assailant’s car struck the van on its right flank and continued to push the van forward before skidding to a stop. The car then billowed orange smoke after the collision. The assailant reportedly exited the vehicle but died of his injuries before he was able to inflict injury on anyone. This is the second attack on French police this month after a man used a hammer to attack officers patrolling the famous Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris on June 6. ------------------------------------------------------------- Go to https://www.patreon.com/tomonews and become a Patron now TomoNews is now on Patreon and we've got some cool perks for our hardcore fans. TomoNews is your best source for real news. We cover the funniest, craziest and most talked-about stories on the internet. Our tone is irreverent and unapologetic. If you’re laughing, we’re laughing. If you’re outraged, we’re outraged. We tell it like it is. And because we can animate stories, TomoNews brings you news like you’ve never seen before. Visit our official website for all the latest, uncensored videos: http://us.tomonews.com Check out our Android app: http://bit.ly/1rddhCj Check out our iOS app: http://bit.ly/1gO3z1f Get top stories delivered to your inbox everyday: http://bit.ly/tomo-newsletter See a story that should be animated? Tell us about it! Suggest a story here: http://bit.ly/suggest-tomonews Stay connected with us here: Facebook http://www.facebook.com/TomoNewsUS Twitter @tomonewsus http://www.twitter.com/TomoNewsUS Google+ http://plus.google.com/+TomoNewsUS/ Instagram @tomonewsus http://instagram.com/tomonewsus -~-~~-~~~-~~-~- Please watch: "Crying dog breaks the internet’s heart — but this sad dog story has a happy ending" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4prKTN9bYQc -~-~~-~~~-~~-~-
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