Officers opened fire on a car that was hurtling towards them, killing two people inside on Paris’ oldest bridge, the Pont Neuf, a police source said - hours after Emmanuel Macron emerged as the winner in the French election.
Two people have been shot dead by police in Paris, hoursIt is unclear if the incident in the centre of the French capital was linked to the Presidential election, but it came as riot police clashed with demonstrators unhappy with the result nearby.
An investigation has been launched for ‘attempted voluntary manslaughter on persons in charge of public authority’, with the Paris prosecutor arriving at around 1.30am. His win closed out a tense contest that saw the French far right come the closest it ever has to winning the presidency.Parisians gathered at Place de la Republique to protest against the re-election of Emmanuel Macron Activists also gathered inside Les Halles shopping mall
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