The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the shooting on Paris' Champs Elysees that killed a police officer and left two others gravely wounded. And the pseudonym, Abu Yusuf al-Beljiki, indicated that the attacker already had ties of some sort to Islamic State extremists. Police sources tell Reuters there is a second shooting in a location near Champs Elysees. Police discovered an Islamic State flag and three kilograms of explosives in one of their homes. In Washington, President Trump said during a news conference with the visiting Italian prime minister that the Paris shooting "looks like another terrorist attack," and he offered s condolences to France.

Source: New Zealand Herald April 20, 2017 19:38 UTC