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A female police officer who was shot in a suburb on the southern edge of Paris early Thursday has died of her injuries in what French authorities are reportedly treating as a terrorist attack.
In what is feared to be a copycat attack after yesterday’s carnage at satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, the officer was gunned down in Mont- rouge, a suburb in the south of the capital, by a man armed with a high-powered assault rifle.
The officer in the latest attack had stopped to investigate a traffic accident when the firing started shortly after 8am today. She was critically injured and later died of her injuries.
One gunman was held at the scene but reports said a second suspect fled via the Metro. A street cleaner was also said to be injured in the attack.
Details of the fast-moving hunt for the two fanatics were revealed as the first picture emerged of the wounded cycle policeman mercilessly executed by the gunmen as he lay helpless on the ground amid the magazine shootings.
Video images of married Muslim officer Ahmed Merabet, 42, killed as he pleaded for his life on the pavement, shocked the world.
“Do you want to kill me?” said the officer holding up his hands. “OK chief,” replied a gunman before fatally shooting him in the head.
France was today on maximum terror “Attack Alert” and bolstered security with more than 800 extra soldiers to guard media offices, places of worship and other possible targets.
Agencies/Canadajournal
