Hooded gunmen armed with Kalashnikov rifles fired on police in the French city of Marseille, where Prime Minister Manuel Valls was paying a visit on Monday, a police source said.
Elite police trooops were being sent to the scene, in the northern suburbs of the Mediterranean port city, after the shots, the source said by telephone.
Police had originally arrived in the area, a suburb to the north of Marseille, after locals reported weapons being discharged into the air.
However when they arrived they found themselves targeted. The shots reportedly missed by only a couple of feet.
The area was cordonned off and locals, including children evacuated or ordered indoors
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Elite police trooops were being sent to the scene, in the northern suburbs of the Mediterranean port city, after the shots, the source said by telephone.
Police had originally arrived in the area, a suburb to the north of Marseille, after locals reported weapons being discharged into the air.
However when they arrived they found themselves targeted. The shots reportedly missed by only a couple of feet.
The area was cordonned off and locals, including children evacuated or ordered indoors
Read more: Hooded gunmen fire at police in Marseille | euronews, world news
