The Champs-Élysées gunman who shot and killed a police officer just days before France's presidential election was detained in February for threatening police but then freed, two officials told The Associated Press on Friday. — Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve"Barbarity and cowardice struck Paris last night," the prime minister said, appealing for national unity and for people "not to succumb to fear." Cazeneuve, the Socialist prime minister, accused the National Front leader of seeking to make political hay from the assault. Members of the public walk past the Marks & Spencer store on the Champs-Élysées, where the attack took place, on Friday. French police arrive at the house thought to be linked to gunman Karim Cheurfi, in the Paris suburb of Chelles, on Friday.

Source: CBC News April 21, 2017 09:09 UTC