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On April 20, 2017 Cheurfi drove a car behind a marked police van which was parked outside a Marks & Spencers on the Champs-Elysees.<ref name="Indy"/> He opened fire with an AK-47, killing one officer; two others were injured and a German lady's foot was also injured.<ref name="Indy"/> Police returned fire and killed the 39-year-old attacker.<ref name="Indy"/> | On April 20, 2017 Cheurfi drove a car behind a marked police van which was parked outside a Marks & Spencers on the Champs-Elysees.<ref name="Indy"/> He opened fire with an AK-47, killing one officer; two others were injured and a German lady's foot was also injured.<ref name="Indy"/> Police returned fire and killed the 39-year-old attacker.<ref name="Indy"/> | ||
===Investigation=== | |||
Police immediately sealed off Cheurfi's family home and detained three of his relatives for questioning, but pointed out this was standard procedure.<ref name="Indy"/> Islamic State claimed the attack, calling Cheurfi Abu Yousif al-Belgiki (The Belgian) despite Cheurfi being a French national.<ref name="Telegraph"/> Within days of the attack a second suspect voluntarily attended a police station and was eliminated from the probe,<ref name="Indy"/> while police confirmed Cheurfi's motivation with the discovery of a handwritten pro-Islamic State note in his car.<ref name="Telegraph"/> | |||
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