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A car loaded with gas canisters has rammed into a police van on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris, leaving the driver dead in what the interior minister is calling an "attempted attack". Police sources earlier tell AFP that a Kalashnikov rifle, handguns and gas bottles were found in the vehicle. IMAGES of attacker's body and police at scene of attack // ACCOMPANIES VID1044324_EN / VID1044350_EN
A car burst into flames after it crashed into a police van on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris, police and investigators say, adding that the driver was armed and it appeared to be a "deliberate" act. Interior ministry spokesman Pierre-Henry Brandet has said the driver is "very likely dead." IMAGES of crashed car
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Riot police fire tear gas to disperse "yellow vest" protesters on the Champs-Elysees in Paris during the fifth consecutive Saturday of demonstrations, which have so far been largely peaceful. IMAGES
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