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| Unconfirmed reports by ticker here are reporting gunfire on the
| Champs Elysees
| It seems the cops opened fire on a car attempting to crash the
| barricades.
A bit of a Storm in a Tea-Cup apparently........
[QUOTING AP]
PARIS (AP) -- Paris police were searching for a car that struck a
taxi and crashed through barricades set up near the Tour de France
finish line on Sunday morning, drawing police fire hours before
the arrival of the cyclists and spectators. Police said they
didn't suspect terrorism.
The car escaped with at least two occupants who were apparently
unharmed after police opened fire on the vehicle in the Place de
la Concorde, where the cyclists make their final triumphant rounds
to conclude the race, said a union police official and a
government official with knowledge of the incident.
Tour de France officials said the race wouldn't be affected by the
incident. Paris has been on edge since double attacks in January
by Islamic extremists on the French satirical newspaper Charlie
Hebdo and a Kosher grocery killed 20 people, including the three
attackers. Thousands of police and soldiers were deployed on the
streets after the attack to protect sensitive sites and tourists
attractions.
The official said police saw little chance of links between
Sunday's incident and the Tour de France, or terrorism, but
cautioned that prudence was necessary as long as the car's
occupants were on the loose. The official said the running
hypothesis was that the car's occupants had left one of the
nightclubs in the ritzy neighborhood, were intoxicated or had
taken illegal substances and didn't want to submit to a police
check.
The official said the car was first spotted on a street that feeds
into the nearby Champs-Elysees, the famed avenue where thousands
gather to watch the final laps of the Tour de France, and where
crowd control barriers were being put in place.
The car skirted the area and struck a taxi at the Place de la
Concorde near the start of the Tuileries Gardens, the official
said. Police officers then opened fire.
The official provided details on condition he not be identified
because an investigation was ongoing.
It is extremely rare for gunfire to be heard at the Place de la
Concorde, a luxury tourist haunt across the Seine River from the
National Assembly, the lower chamber of the French Parliament.
The official put the time of the incident at 7:50 a.m. (0550 GMT)
- just under 10 hours before riders are due in the French
capital. Initial reports put the time at a few hours later, around
11 a.m. (0900 GMT, 5 a.m. EDT).
Luc Poignant, spokesman for the SGP police union, said officers
were finishing setting up the barricades for the race when the car
tried to crash through the barriers. Officers opened fire on the
car, which ultimately drove away. Poignant told the BFM television
network that no officers were injured.
The final stage of the Tour de France is due to begin at 4:35
p.m. (1435 GMT; 10:35 a.m. EDT), leaving from Sevres, a town
southwest of Paris. The riders are due to arrive in the French
capital at around 5:30 p.m. (1530 GMT; 11:30 a.m. EDT) and do 10
laps around the Champs-Elysees before finishing at Place de la
Concorde at about 7 p.m. (1700 GMT; 1 p.m. EDT).
Hundreds of thousands of people gather in the Place de la Concorde
and the Champs-Elysees for the race's final leg.
[/QUOTING AP]
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