paris, and that one of them has been killed. meanwhile, the bbc in the uk saying that it understands that two policemen have been wounded in this shooting. as we mentioned earlier, reuters earlier reporting that one police officer has been killed in the shooting. so we re beginning to build a picture of an incident that is not potentially just one or two shots. this does appear to have been some kind of an exchange of fire. and again, crucially, just in the last few minutes, this report from reuters that the police and france believe at least two attackers were involved in this shooting, and one of them killed. what this report doesn t say is what has happened to the second suspected attacker. whether that person is under arrest or whether they are still on the loose, if you like.
and our producer who spoke to, in paris, who spoke to french police, was told to stay inside. to stay safe. you can see those pictures from the center of paris. then you can see from those, police closing down the area around the champs-elysees and pushing people away. moving people away. it is clearly a worrying and serious scene right now as you can manning. we ve reported on these things a number of times. 9:42 p.m. in paris. a fairly late night in the european capital. this means people are en route coming out of dinner. champs-elysees is dotted with restaurants and movie theaters, and this being april in paris, as he reminded us, the weather
paris. our reporter is in the london bureau and he s been monitoring what is known including the european news conference. this is just a few minutes old. reporter: that s right. part of the champs-elysees is closed off. you can see the pictures there. reuters reporting that one policeman has been kid and that a person who fired on police officers has been killed. we have been speaking to officials in paris. our producer there has been told to stay inside, to stay safe but only conif i wering with the police there that there is an incident on the eighth, around the champs-elysees. of course, this will be raising fears in paris after that terrible terrorist attack in 2015 in which 130 people were killed. as it looks right now, according to reuters, it appears that two
ahead for the french authorities. again if these reports from roiters that we re getting turn out to be correct, one possibility is that the police themselves were deliberately targeted here, rather than civilians making their way around the french capitol. if that is is the case, many police officers are armed and it does appear that there was fire from the french police that has killed at leaf ost one person suspected of attack the police. it is possible that this is an incident that was already under control. it is possible. we do not know. if it is the case that there were two attacrs involved, what has happened to that second attacker? all right, kier simmons continuing to follow. this let s go back to paris. to chris, if i might, we re six
is mostly temperate. a lot of vacationers are there. and you are so correct. this kind of police presence, even the picture of the champs-elysees shut down on a week night because of a police involved shooting. that s very rare. that s right. and there will be many people from around the world who will be frightened. they ll be in paris. this comes just weeks after the attack in london that happened in the heart of london in westminister and that included people from overseas, including one american. so the kind of attack like this, honestly, if that is what it turns out to be, is not just aimed at the french. it is aimed at many, many people who will be in paris to enjoy paris in the spring time. it will be very nervous hours