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Car Rams Police Van In 'Attempted Attack' On Champs-Élysées

The vehicle burst into flames when it hit the van, and the driver died. No police or bystanders were injured.
Police search a white car (right) that had been rammed into a police van on the Champs-?lys?es in Paris on Monday afternoon. / Thibault Camus / Shutterstock.com

A man carrying guns and explosives died when he rammed a car into a police van Monday on Paris' famed Champs-Élysées in what officials characterize as a deliberate attack.

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