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Tour de France: Police fire at car in Paris square ahead of race Tour de France: Police fire at car in Paris square ahead of race
(about 7 hours later)
Police in France are searching for the driver of a vehicle that tried to crash through a barricade for the Tour de France which ends in Paris later. Police in France are searching for the driver of a vehicle that tried to crash through a security barrier for the Tour de France, which ends in Paris later.
The incident on the Champs-Elysees took place at about 08:00 local time as the security barriers were beginning to go up. The incident took place on the Champs-Elysees at about 08:00 local time, as the barriers were being put out.
Officers opened fire on the car to try to stop it but it drove away. Officers opened fire on the car but the suspect drove away. The car was later found abandoned nearby.
BBC Paris correspondent Hugh Schofield reports there is no suggestion of terrorism as a motive. There is no suggestion of terrorism as a motive, according to the BBC's Paris correspondent Hugh Schofield.
He says the car first hit a parked vehicle in the Place de la Concorde.He says the car first hit a parked vehicle in the Place de la Concorde.
Trying to speed away, the driver tried to pass through a police cordon that was being put in place ahead of the final stage of the tour. The driver then tried to pass through a police cordon that was being put in place ahead of the final stage of the tour.
There was no exchange of fire and our correspondent suggests it could have been a reveller driving home from a night out. There was no exchange of fire and our correspondent suggests the driver could have been a reveller returning from a night out.
Tour de France race director Thierry Gouvenou told AP he did not foresee any impact on the race. Two men and two women were reported to have been seen leaving the bullet-riddled car.
Tour de France race director Thierry Gouvenou said he did not foresee any impact on the race, which British cyclist Chris Froome is set to win.
Security in the French capital was heightened in the wake of the jihadist attacks on Charlie Hebdo magazine and elsewhere which killed 17 people.