Terror manhunt after BMW ploughs into French soldiers in Paris.
The driver is on the run after driving his BMW into troops, injuring six, in what officials say was
"an odious act of aggression".
'Police are hunting a driver who rammed his BMW into a group of French soldiers in western
Paris, before speeding off.
Six of the dozen or so troops were injured - three of them seriously - in the attack in the Levallois
-Perret suburb of the city, which is being investigated by counter-terrorism officials.
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The attacker was waiting in the dark-coloured car in an alleyway before droving at speed at the
troops as they left their barracks to go on patrol at around 8am local time.
Mayor of Levallois-Perret, Patrick Balkany, condemned the attack as "an odious act of aggression",
adding: "Without any doubt, it was a deliberate act."
"It all happened very quickly. The vehicle did not stop. It hurtled at them... it accelerated rapidly," he
told broadcaster BFMTV.
Officers and soldiers secured the scene - situated around three miles from city centre landmarks
such as the Eiffel Tower - as forensic teams combed the area for evidence and clues.
Investigators were also scouring through CCTV footage from the suburb.
The Paris prosecutor's office said it was pursuing perpetrators on charges of the attempted murder
of security forces in connection with a terrorist enterprise.
It means authorities believe the attack was deliberate and planned with a terror-related motive.
The soldiers, who were taken to a military hospital, were on duty as part of Operation Sentinelle, created
to guard prominent French sites after the Charlie Hebdo attack in January 2015.
Sky's Europe Corrrespondent Mark Stone said: "It is a subject of intense debate in France whether
Operation Sentinelle - soldiers on the streets, helping out the police force - exacerbates the situation
and they themselves become targets because they are literally everywhere, not only in Paris."
The attack comes four days after a teenager with a knife forced his way into the Eiffel Tower shouting
"Allahu akbar" - the Arabic phrase for "God is great" - and told police he wanted to attack a soldier.
In June, an Islamic extremist attacked a police officer with a hammer outside Notre Dame cathedral.
Two months earlier, a policeman was shot dead on the Champs Elysees, while in February, a man with
a machete attacked four soldiers near the Louvre Museum.
French defence minister Florence Parly described Wednesday's attack as "cowardly", adding that it
"does nothing to dent soldiers' determination to work for the security of the French people".
France has been under a state of emergency since the November 2015 attacks in the French capital
which left 130 people dead...'
SOURCE:
It's a martial-law-style status and the French don't even know they're in it.
The driver is on the run after driving his BMW into troops, injuring six, in what officials say was
"an odious act of aggression".
'Police are hunting a driver who rammed his BMW into a group of French soldiers in western
Paris, before speeding off.
Six of the dozen or so troops were injured - three of them seriously - in the attack in the Levallois
-Perret suburb of the city, which is being investigated by counter-terrorism officials.
The attacker was waiting in the dark-coloured car in an alleyway before droving at speed at the
troops as they left their barracks to go on patrol at around 8am local time.
Mayor of Levallois-Perret, Patrick Balkany, condemned the attack as "an odious act of aggression",
adding: "Without any doubt, it was a deliberate act."
"It all happened very quickly. The vehicle did not stop. It hurtled at them... it accelerated rapidly," he
told broadcaster BFMTV.
Officers and soldiers secured the scene - situated around three miles from city centre landmarks
such as the Eiffel Tower - as forensic teams combed the area for evidence and clues.
Investigators were also scouring through CCTV footage from the suburb.
The Paris prosecutor's office said it was pursuing perpetrators on charges of the attempted murder
of security forces in connection with a terrorist enterprise.
It means authorities believe the attack was deliberate and planned with a terror-related motive.
The soldiers, who were taken to a military hospital, were on duty as part of Operation Sentinelle, created
to guard prominent French sites after the Charlie Hebdo attack in January 2015.
Sky's Europe Corrrespondent Mark Stone said: "It is a subject of intense debate in France whether
Operation Sentinelle - soldiers on the streets, helping out the police force - exacerbates the situation
and they themselves become targets because they are literally everywhere, not only in Paris."
The attack comes four days after a teenager with a knife forced his way into the Eiffel Tower shouting
"Allahu akbar" - the Arabic phrase for "God is great" - and told police he wanted to attack a soldier.
In June, an Islamic extremist attacked a police officer with a hammer outside Notre Dame cathedral.
Two months earlier, a policeman was shot dead on the Champs Elysees, while in February, a man with
a machete attacked four soldiers near the Louvre Museum.
French defence minister Florence Parly described Wednesday's attack as "cowardly", adding that it
"does nothing to dent soldiers' determination to work for the security of the French people".
France has been under a state of emergency since the November 2015 attacks in the French capital
which left 130 people dead...'
SOURCE:
It's a martial-law-style status and the French don't even know they're in it.
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