At least 2 people have been seriously injured in a shooting in the Champs-Elysees area, in heart of the French capital, AFP and Le Parisien report.
The incident took place on Sunday morning and police have arrived at the scene. The two victims were transported “in serious condition after being injured by firearms,” a spokesman for the Paris Fire Brigade said.
“They got shot,” some of the eyewitnesses were heard saying. The injured – apparently unconscious and covered in blood – were initially found inside a “bullet-riddled” car, reports say.
The suspects are reported to have fled on a motorbike. It is not clear what led to the shooting and whether there is any link to terrorism.
The 2 wounded people, about thirty years old, were transported to the hospitals of Pitié-Salpêtrière (XIII) and Percy, to Clamart (Hauts-de-Seine), with a vital prognosis engaged.
Paris remains on high alert following a wave of terrorist following a string of terrorist attack within the city linked to ISIS.
Tourists have also been warned about rising crime rates in the city linked to gangs.
It was announced 5,000 police officers will be deployed in Paris at seven key sites across the city, including Montmartre, the Louvre and the Eiffel Tower over the summer.
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It sounds like the death knell of Napoleonic France as we knew it, is inevitable. Blame a lot of it on Marxist Merkel and the corrupt-ridden playboy ‘actor’ Macron. And give special thanks also to the Marxist EU (look at the political affiliations of the members who support it). The majority are from Germany. Sad. Never been to Paris and don’t want to.