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==2001 attacks==

In 2001 Cheurfi ~~shot at police officers during~~ a car chase, severely injuring ~~one~~.<ref name="Indy">[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/paris-attack-isis-terror-champs-elysees-gunman-accomplice-police-manhunt-belgian-karim-cheurfi-a7694266.html Paris attack: Champs-Elysees suspect was jailed for shooting police and subject of terror investigation] ''The Independent'', April 2017</ref> ~~Days later he grabbed~~ a ~~second officer's gun while~~ he was ~~in custody and shot and wounded that officer.~~<ref name="Indy"/> ~~Following a 2003 trial he was sentenced~~ to 20 years ~~but was subsequently released~~.<ref name="~~Indy~~"/>

In 2001 Cheurfi crashed a stolen car, shooting and injuring a police officer and his brother who gave chase, severely injuring both.<ref name="TheLocal"/> Days later he grabbed a second officer's gun while he was in custody and shot and wounded that officer.<ref name="Indy">[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/paris-attack-isis-terror-champs-elysees-gunman-accomplice-police-manhunt-belgian-karim-cheurfi-a7694266.html Paris attack: Champs-Elysees suspect was jailed for shooting police and subject of terror investigation] ''The Independent'', April 2017</ref> Following a 2003 trial he was sentenced to 20 years,<ref name="Indy"/> reduced on appeal to 15 years, for the three attempted murders.<ref name="TheLocal"/> He received parole in 2013.<ref name="TheLocal"/>

~~This attack was~~ linked at the time to organised crime rather than terror.<ref name="Telegraph">[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/04/20/paris-attack-suspect/ Paris attack: who is Karim Cheurfi, the gunman who lived with his mother and was 'let go' by French authorities in February?], ''The Telegraph'', April 2017</ref>

These crimes were linked at the time to organised crime rather than terror.<ref name="Telegraph">[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/04/20/paris-attack-suspect/ Paris attack: who is Karim Cheurfi, the gunman who lived with his mother and was 'let go' by French authorities in February?], ''The Telegraph'', April 2017</ref> Three months after release he committed an armed robbery, being captured after a car chase; in July 2014 he received a sentence of four years with two suspended, and was released in 2015.<ref name="TheLocal"/>

==Background==

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 ==2001 attacks==
-In 2001 Cheurfi shot at police officers during a car chase, severely injuring one.<ref name="Indy">[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/paris-attack-isis-terror-champs-elysees-gunman-accomplice-police-manhunt-belgian-karim-cheurfi-a7694266.html Paris attack: Champs-Elysees suspect was jailed for shooting police and subject of terror investigation] ''The Independent'', April 2017</ref> Days later he grabbed a second officer's gun while he was in custody and shot and wounded that officer.<ref name="Indy"/> Following a 2003 trial he was sentenced to 20 years but was subsequently released.<ref name="Indy"/>
+In 2001 Cheurfi crashed a stolen car, shooting and injuring a police officer and his brother who gave chase, severely injuring both.<ref name="TheLocal"/> Days later he grabbed a second officer's gun while he was in custody and shot and wounded that officer.<ref name="Indy">[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/paris-attack-isis-terror-champs-elysees-gunman-accomplice-police-manhunt-belgian-karim-cheurfi-a7694266.html Paris attack: Champs-Elysees suspect was jailed for shooting police and subject of terror investigation] ''The Independent'', April 2017</ref> Following a 2003 trial he was sentenced to 20 years,<ref name="Indy"/> reduced on appeal to 15 years, for the three attempted murders.<ref name="TheLocal"/> He received parole in 2013.<ref name="TheLocal"/>
-This attack was linked at the time to organised crime rather than terror.<ref name="Telegraph">[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/04/20/paris-attack-suspect/ Paris attack: who is Karim Cheurfi, the gunman who lived with his mother and was 'let go' by French authorities in February?], ''The Telegraph'', April 2017</ref>
+These crimes were linked at the time to organised crime rather than terror.<ref name="Telegraph">[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/04/20/paris-attack-suspect/ Paris attack: who is Karim Cheurfi, the gunman who lived with his mother and was 'let go' by French authorities in February?], ''The Telegraph'', April 2017</ref> Three months after release he committed an armed robbery, being captured after a car chase; in July 2014 he received a sentence of four years with two suspended, and was released in 2015.<ref name="TheLocal"/>
 ==Background==