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Police officers shot at Champs Elysees days before French elections

A French policeman was shot dead and two others were wounded in central Paris on Thursday night in an attack carried out days before presidential elections and quickly claimed by the IS militant group.

Police seal off the Champs Elysees avenue in Paris, France, after a fatal shooting

Police seal off the Champs Elysees avenue in Paris, France, after a fatal shooting Source: AAP


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