Paris Champs Elysees shooting: Gunman was ‘focus of anti-terror’ probe – BBC News
The gunman who shot dead a policeman in Paris on Thursday has been identified from papers left in his car, but French officials are yet to release his name. Local media say the 39-year-old lived in the city’s suburbs, and had been seen as a potential Islamist radical.
This didn’t help the left/progressive/socialists any.
Mr Cazeneuve, a Socialist, accused two of the frontrunners – far-right candidate Marine Le Pen and conservative François Fillon – of exploiting the attack for electoral gain. He scorned Ms Le Pen for linking the attack to immigration.
The shooting is a shocking event that will certainly be on voters’ minds on Sunday, the BBC’s Hugh Schofield in Paris says.