UPDATE 2: The French interior minister says the Champs-Elysees attacker died after attempted attack on police.
UPDATE: The French national gendarmerie service says the driver of a car that rammed a law enforcement vehicle has been arrested and no one was hurt in the incident. The tweet has confirmed an attack had taken place on the Paris’ famed Champs-Elysees.
EARLIER REPORTING
PARIS (AP) – Two French police officials have told The Associated Press that a suspected attacker drove into a police vehicle on the Champs-Elysees shopping district in Paris, and is now lying on the ground immobilized.
It is unclear the attacker has been killed or why he drove into the police Monday. The officials weren’t authorized to be publicly named.
The suspect is wearing a white shirt and dark shorts and prone on his stomach on the avenue.
Police ringed the area as tourists and other onlookers gathered.
A subway station in the area is closed.
An attacker defending the Islamic State group shot and killed a police officer on the Champs-Elysees in April, days before a presidential election, prompting an extensive security operation.
France is under a state of emergency after a string of deadly Islamic extremist attacks.
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