Paris shooting: gunman served 12 years for attempted police murders
(The Guardian France)

Karim Cheurfi last detained in February after reports he had been talking about assaulting policeThe gunman who shot dead a policeman in central Paris less than 72 hours before France´s presidential election had served more than 12 years in prison for shooting at police officers and was being investigated by intelligence services, it has emerged.Karim Cheurfi, 39, drove up to a police van on the Champs Elysées at about 9pm on Thursday, got out and shot dead the driver with two bullets to the head, then went round and opened fire at police on the pavement, seriously wounding two, the Paris prosecutor, François Molins, said on Friday. Related: Xavier Jugelé: policeman killed in Paris was gay rights activist Related: If we overreact to this attack on Paris then terrorism will `just never end´ | Simon Jenkins Continue reading...