A car exploded as it crashed into a police vehicle on Paris’s famed Champs-Elysees on Monday in what authorities called a probable terrorist attack. “Once again, French security forces were targeted with this attempted attack on the Champs-Elysees,” Collomb said. Monday’s incident came less than a day after a vehicle attack on Muslim worshipers outside two mosques in north London. Since March, the British capital has suffered two other terrorist attacks, one of which involved a vehicle attack on Westminster Bridge outside the Houses of Parliament. Security analysts say vehicle attacks often represent last-ditch attempts at violence and are difficult to prevent.

Source: Washington Post June 19, 2017 14:38 UTC