Police shoot at a vehicle that was heading towards them in Paris, 2 dead

The circumstances of the tragedy remain unclear for the moment.

Police fired Sunday evening in the center of Paris on a vehicle which tried to hit them, killing two occupants of the vehicle and injuring a third, AFP learned from a police source.

Just now in Paris on the #PontNeuf, the police opened fire on a vehicle with its passengers after a "refusal to comply".

Provisional assessment: there would be 2 dead, the driver and his front passenger, as well as an injured person who was sitting in the back.

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The facts took place on the Pont-Neuf, in the center of the capital.

According to the first elements collected, according to this same police source, the vehicle was traveling in the wrong direction when the police wanted to control it.

He then allegedly ran into the officers who used their weapon, it was added.

• Paris

• Ile-de-France