Hour, the French Interior ministry has emphasised we do not know the nature of this attack. I want to bring upa nature of this attack. I want to bring up a couple of other newswires coming into the bbc newsroom. Reuters quoting a Police Source, say a second policeman has died from wounds of the paris shootings. We knew that one person had lost their life. According to reuters, we do not have this confirmed, but they had been correct on all the other elements of the story so far, Reporting A Second Policeman has lost their life. The nearby stations to the paris metro had been closed and we can bring in the bbcs Christian Fraser again. In terms of what is happening in and around. Hi, christian. I am just what is happening in and around. Hi, christian. I amjust watching the helicopter. Apart from the Champs Elysees itself, are people able to move around within the area quite easily . Yes, but there are not a lot of people. A Public Announcement has gone out, urging people to stay away from the Champs Elysees. That seems to have been led by people in this area. There are very few people on the pavements at the moment. The people are being directed from other areas, directed away from the Champs Elysees. I can still see, down the Champs Elysees, there are armed police in prominent positions up armed police in prominent positions up and down the Champs Elysees, near some of the restaurants and hotels. What i do not know is whether people have been allowed to leave Restau Ra Nts have been allowed to leave restaurants or whether they had been keptin restaurants or whether they had been kept in place until they are absolutely sure there is no one still out there. But still a lot of Police Activity going on. You can probably see some of the flashing blue lights. They moved from the underpass, they have left the scene at the moment, maybe they had been moved forward onto the Champs Elysees, but generally it is reasonably quiet and secure now. The helicopter appears to have moved to a different part of the city, it is not circulating around the Champs Elysees for the moment. Not circulating around the champselysees for the moment. All the while we are talking, more information is coming in. Lets bring more of that for you. According to a Police Source talking to reuters, police are searching the home of the person who carried out the attack on the Champs Elysees. We have also seen wire copy coming in that the authorities are saying this person was known the authorities. This is also relevant, this from reuters will stop the Counterterrorism Office open an investigation into the shooting, one of the gunmen was killed in the attack was known to the Security Forces. That phrase, one of the gunmen, is interesting because there isa gunmen, is interesting because there is a huge amount of uncertainty around whether this attack was carried out by one person or more. Some reports have said one, other have said more. They cannot be certain at all at the moment. If you arejust certain at all at the moment. If you are just joining certain at all at the moment. If You Arejustjoining us, certain at all at the moment. If you are just joining us, many certain at all at the moment. If You Arejustjoining us, many of certain at all at the moment. If you are justjoining us, many of you watching will have been to paris, and you will certainly have been to the Champs Elysees. We have the Arc De Triomphe and the road comes away from that to the east. It is one of the most famous roads and do world. One journalist who lived closest to the Champs Elysees, they said even in the evening this wouldve been incredibly busy. Lets update you on a couple of other elements to the story. We have heard Francois Fillon paying tribute to the Security Forces. As we were discussing, even though we do not know the very nature of this attack, already it is becoming politicised the different candidates for the presidency offering their condolences and, in some cases, their thoughts about what has happened. Lets bring in a security expert. Thank you for your time. With a story and situation unfolding like this, what will be the priorities of the Security Forces on the Champs Elysees . The priorities of the Security Forces on the champselysees . One of the key issues will be to try to control information that will be circulating around, and it will be to try to gather as much evidence as they possibly can, again in peace times when most of us will have some kind of camera within our phones. They will try to get as much evidence as they can, particularly as reports are led to believe. One of the gunmen potentially is on the run. In terms of communication with the concerned public, presumably that has to remain a priority, even though the police may not know exactly what is happening . No, absolutely. Theyre in mind what a cosmopolitan city paris is, much like london when we had the westminster attack recently, there will try to get the that not only to the local residents, but also all foreign visitors. The Champs Elysees is such a representative sight of paris, and this is the ideal target particularly by some terrorist affiliated groups because it is the capital and internationally recognised. Police will control this local area as much as possible, particularly as there may be other strands to this. One cannot presume there isnt these days. They will control people indoors and the local areas and then ultimately making sure other people do not come into this catchment area. Stay with us. Earlier, i mentioned that we had potential reports of another shooting close to the Champs Elysees. Paris police have confirmed to the bbc that that reporterfor confirmed to the bbc that that reporter for the confirmed to the bbc that that reporterfor the gunfire confirmed to the bbc that that reporter for the gunfire was a force report. People were claiming there we re report. People were claiming there were further gunshots. Since we have contacted the Resume Police who have said that was a force report. Will, it highlights the amount of disinformation and in misinformation the authorities are sifting through. Absolutely. One only has to look at twitter a look at the various reports coming in from different sources. Even the bbc will resort to twitter to try to gather as much information as they can. News agencies like yourself has a bigger job as the police do, sifting through information, following up on reports, and it is not uncommon that we will hear of simultaneous attacks or other reports of attacks within proximity or possibly close by, and again this could be from a variety of different elements, it could be from individuals who heard the initial attacks, and particularly in a city where sound can travel extensively, it can be leading to greater levels of concern. This is why the authorities will need to come up with a formal statement pretty quickly to again reassure the general public that they have control of the situation. One further question, we all being told this attack was known to the authorities. In those circumstances presumably they are able to move much faster in investigating. Absolutely. The french had been playing Catch Up Game since some of the earlier attacks, particularly charlie hebdo, which was a wake up call for them. But because quite a few of the notable attacks in the la st few of the notable attacks in the last year or so have come from a variety of different areas, the concern right now is that ultimately, they need to have immediate triggers of any particular names to ensure that if they do recognise is a perpetrators name, they can follow that lead very quickly. We appreciate your time, thank you very much forjoining us. In the last few minutes, i have brought you there is political reactions. The far left candidate Jean Luc Melenchon saying, my thoughts to the police and their families. Jean Luc Melenchon describing this as a Terrorist Act while the authorities are saying they did not know the motivation. Let me check again, the news wires coming in here. President armand is holding a Crisis Meeting with the Prime Minister and Interior Minister as you would expect with a situation like this unfolding. Here is what one eyewitness had to say. We were moving towards a car and then i heard two or three shots but i did not realise they were shots to start with. Then there was panic all around, with. Then there was panic all around , everyone with. Then there was panic all around, everyone started running down the Champs Elysees by instinct. Idid not down the Champs Elysees by instinct. I did not stop to work out what was going on, ijust ran. Police were already in place, blocking the road with the trucks, i took shelter behind them. I did not have time to do anything other than just behind them. I did not have time to do anything other thanjust run away. The French Interior ministry. It is saying they are assessing the vehicle of the assailant with regards to the attack on the Champs Elysees. It can also show you some of the stills coming in of the Police Operation underway. Particularly because of what has happened in paris over the last couple of years, the response to this incident has been considerable, as you would expect. Lets bring back ken james in as you would expect. Lets bring back kenjames in paris. Please bring us date with what you have got. I want to repeat a report on the reuters news agency, suggesting police are carrying out a search at the attackers home east of paris. In the last 30 or a0 minutes, we have brought you those reports, suggesting they knew who the suspected attacker was. Those reports have developed and suggest the police are carrying out a search of the persons house. It is important because they will want to work at exactly who he was, why he might have carried out this attack and whether or not he was working with any others. In that last question is critical, as the police try to work out if it is over or if there are other people they need to go look for. We had this interesting situation with the police are saying, we did not know what is behind this attack, the already very high Profile Politicians are calling itan Act High Profile Politicians are calling it an act of terrorism. Yes, and you can almost imagine politicians thinking there is no harm in condemning terrorism as soon as they hear of condemning terrorism as soon as they hearofan condemning terrorism as soon as they hear of an attack on the police, it does them no harm even if it turns out the attack had other motives. Very early on after we had the report, there was one initial report from the Police Suggesting it was a terrorist attack. There are suggestions it might possibly be a robbery. We have not seen anything further than that because at the moment, there are reports that the man was known to the police only. Let me bring you another few updates. The Prime Minister has taken to twitter to pay tribute to the policeman killed in the attack tonight, falls to his family and solidarity with the injured collea g u es solidarity with the injured colleagues and relatives. To reiterate to you, we have heard from donald trump as well, who was offered his condolences to the people of france after the killing of the Police Officer in paris, saying it looks like another Terrorist Act. Donald trump has been meeting the leader of italy. We were expecting to be covering the joint press co nfe re nce expecting to be covering the joint Press Conference but thats not happened for obvious reasons, but donald trump is offering his condolences to the people of france because of a Terrorist Act lets bring in james again. Because of a Terrorist Act lets bring injames again. We talked earlier that the authorities had said one person had died, voigt is then carried a report saying a second Police Officer had died, are we able to confirm that yet . |j second Police Officer had died, are we able to confirm that yet . I am reading something i have seen on social media. Second Police Officer has succumbed to his wounds. Those reports coming from various police federations, saying there is a second Police Officer who has been killed. We have not yet heard that from the government, the Interior Ministry, and as french people know all too well, it is the Interior Ministry to whom they have to turn the term for updates on nights or days like this. Tell us about the Champs Elysees. If anyone wants to drive up it, can the . They can. Earlier today, when i was coming in from the airport, it was very difficult to get down from the Arc De Triomphe. We had to use side roads because the police had blocked off one particular rd heading down from the Arc De Triomphe which caused a lot of trafficjams. It would not have been easy to get down from one side to another but later on, isaw from one side to another but later on, i saw traffic going in both directions and i did not notice. It would been unheard of to have checkpoints on either side of the Champs Elysees. If there was an attacker who wanted to drive along the Champs Elysees and then find Police Officers on either side of the road, that wouldve been doable. In terms of how many people carried this attack out, one person was involved, do we have any indication as to whether they acted alone or with help . We do not we will remember what you were speaking to christian about, when he was talking about the police surrounding a bus. That gives you an indication of the instinct the police will have on the minutes after an attack, where they will not just minutes after an attack, where they will notjust think minutes after an attack, where they will not just think this minutes after an attack, where they will notjust think this person was alone, they will look anyone in the area and try to identify the person and find out who his network of people, supporters, may have been. We do not have any indication do at this stage whether or not the attacker was driving with anyone else or whether he was alone. James, for the moment, thank you very much for the moment, thank you very much for your help again. Im live in london, where a story has been developing over the last 90 minutes or so. Let me reiterate where we have got to. There has been a shooting on the Champs Elysees in paris, the citys most Famous Street and arguably frances. One Police Officer has lost his life. We did have a statement from a police union and there is a separate Police Source saying a second Police Officer has lost his life but were not able to confirm that at the moment. High Profile Politicians and france have referred to this as an act of terrorism, however the French Interior minister is saying, we do not know the motivation behind this attack. There is one person involved that they have been reports of extra people being involved. However, quite often in developing stories like this, you get reports of extra people being involved and it does not prove to be the case, so we cannot confirm if anyone was involved beyond that single attacker. If we go in closer, we can see the Arctic Triomphe where we we re see the Arctic Triomphe where we were talking to Christian Fraser, and the attack took place in the Champs Elysees to the east. Throughout the hour, more information has been coming through. We have plugged back into the bbc newsroom to we have plugged back into the bbc news Roo M To A Ccess We Have plugged back into the bbc newsroom to access all the latest information. All the stations nearby to wear this attack is taken place have been closed. Police are also warning people not to spread a