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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Samuel Osborne

Paris: French counter-terrorism prosecutors open investigation into attack on soldiers

French counter-terrorism prosecutors have opened an investigation into an attack that wounded six soldiers in a Paris suburb.

The Paris prosecutor's office said the investigation was opened after the attack in Levallois-Perret.

No one has been specifically named in the investigation yet, but is aimed at pursuing perpetrators on charges of attempted murder of security forces in connection with a terrorist enterprise, the prosecutor's office said.

The move means authorities believe the attack was deliberate and planned with a terrorist motive.

The car and driver have not yet been found.

Police officials said a driver in a dark BMW is on the run after ramming his car into a large group of soldiers in what appeared to be a calculated ambush in a Paris suburb. 

It is the latest of several attacks targeting security forces guarding France over the past year. 

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