June 2017 Champs-Élysées car ramming attack
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On 19 June 2017, a car loaded with guns and explosives was rammed into a convoy of Gendarmerie vehicles on the Champs-Élysées in Paris, France.[1] The driver, identified as Djaziri Adam Lotfi was killed as a detonation clouded the car in orange smoke.[1] The attacker had been on terrorism watchlists for Islamic extremism since 2014, and pledged his allegiance to Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi before the attack.[1] In a letter to his family he stated that for years he had supported "the Mujahedeen who fight to save Islam and the Muslims," having practiced shooting "to prepare for jihad," and stated that the attack should be treated as a "martyrdom operation."[1]
This article may be excessively based on contemporary reporting. (March 2024) |
2017 Champs-Élysées attack | |
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Part of Islamic terrorism in Europe | |
Location | Champs-Élysées, Paris, France |
Date | 19 June 2017; 6 years ago (2017-06-19) 3:40pm |
Target | National Gendarmerie |
Attack type | Vehicle-ramming attack, attempted car bombing |
Weapons | Car, explosives |
Deaths | 1 (the attacker) |
Injured | 0 |
Perpetrator | Djaziri Adam Lotfi |
Motive | Islamic terrorism[1] |