A policeman dead and one of the two perpetrators of the armed attack in Paris

At least one policeman is dead than the armed attack that occurred late Wednesday in central Paris, two days before the French presidential election, according to a police source at the Reuters agency.

As the Police Association reported in her twitter account, the police officer was killed by the offender's fire as he was in his vehicle stopped in the red traffic light.

According to the source, one armed assailant was known to the security authorities, while the same source spoke about shots that occurred at least one and a half hours after the initial incident at another location near Avenue Champs-Elysées.

Police investigations are under way in the eastern district of Paris at the home of the perpetrator who was killed during the assault.

The anti-terrorist agency launched an investigation into the attack, according to the prosecutor's office.

The French interior ministry has received increased security measures in Paris and announced that the metro stations on line 1 near the Champs-Elysées Avenue remain closed.

A spokesman for the interior ministry said it was too early to clarify the motives of the attack.

Earlier police authorities spoke of a potentially "terrorist act," but three sources of police left open the possibility that the attack might have been an attempted robbery. A spokesman for the interior ministry said it was too early to clarify the motives of the attack.

According to what an eyewitness reported, a man stepped out of his vehicle and started firing with a "Kalashnikov" to the police officer.

Arrest warrant for second suspect in attack in downtown Paris

The French police issued an arrest warrant for a second perpetrator in an armed attack late last night in downtown Paris, according to a police source. The source added that the second suspect arrived in France via a train from Belgium.

His condolences to the people of France were expressed by President Trab, speaking of a "terrorist attack"

The armed attack that occurred late Wednesday in central Paris is like a "terrorist attack," said US President Donald Trump, expressing his "condolences to the people of France."

"This is a real horrible thing that is going on, it seems to be a terrorist attack," the Republican president told a question he was asked during a joint press briefing he had with the Italian Prime Minister, Paulo Gentiloni, in the White House.

"It just does not end," Trub added, stressing that "we must be strong".