Car explodes after hitting police van on Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris


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  • Monday, 19 Jun 2017

PARIS: A car burst into flames after it crashed into a police van on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris on Monday, police said, adding that the driver was armed and it appeared to be a “deliberate” act.  

Interior ministry spokesman Pierre-Henry Brandet said police had pulled the driver out of the flaming vehicle and he was “very likely dead".  

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