So-Called Islamic State Claim Responsibility For Last Night's Paris Attack

Picture: Christian Hartmann/Reuters

The so-called Islamic State claims one of its 'fighters' carried out the attack in Paris last night.

A police officer's dead and two others seriously hurt after a gunman opened fire in the most famous street in the French capital.

Another person - thought to be a female tourist - was also injured on the Champs-Elysees.

The attacker was shot dead and police are now working to establish whether he had an accomplice.

French Interior Ministry spokesperson Pierre Henri Brandet says officers were deliberately targeted:

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