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Seven British citizens, including two minors, were arrested after an attempt to run over a police officer in front of the Israeli embassy in Paris, according to the prosecutor’s office.
A car slammed into the gendarme on Monday night in front of the embassy near the Champs Elysees in central Paris. That vehicle and an accompanying car fled the scene.
The military police escaped unharmed.
The Paris prosecutor’s office has launched an investigation into the “attempted murder” of a public official.
No ID, fake license plates
All seven occupants of the two cars, including two minors, were arrested and detained, according to broadcaster RTL.
The three men and four women claimed to be London-born Pakistanis, but were unable to produce any passports, according to the newspaper. The parisian.
Video footage from one of the safest parts of Paris revealed that both cars had false license plates, with the characters “H17NRN”, which is understood to mean “hit and run.”
Tension in Paris
The incident took place amid a tense atmosphere in Paris, following the beheading on Friday of school teacher Samuel Paty by an Islamist fanatic on the outskirts of the capital.
On Sunday, two veiled women were attacked near the Eiffel Tower by two other women, one of them wielding a knife.
One of the victims remains in the hospital.
The attackers were arrested and placed under investigation for aggravated gang violence, use of a weapon, public drunkenness and racist insults.
The alleged stabber was taken into custody and the other released under supervision.
(with agencies)
