Paris police: Champs-Elysees attacker probably dead

PARIS — A French security official says that the attacker on Champs-Elysees avenue is probably dead and the bomb squad is on the scene.

Interior Ministry spokesman Pierre-Henry Brandet says the driver whose car exploded as he tried to ram a police vehicle is “most probably” dead.

Brandet says bomb squads were still securing the scene. He says the attacker appears to have acted deliberately.

Police vehicles prevent access to the Champs Elysees avenue in Paris, France, Monday, June 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Bertrand Combaldieu)
Police vehicles prevent access to the Champs Elysees avenue in Paris, France, Monday, June 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Bertrand Combaldieu)

— AP

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