Seven Britons including 2 ‘minors’ arrested in Paris after ‘trying to run over a gendarme’ in front of Israeli embassy
SEVEN Brits, including two minors, have been arrested in Paris after allegedly trying to run over a policeman in front of the Israeli embassy.
The seven suspects fled the scene of the alleged hit-and-run in the cars they used in the attack on Monday just before 7pm, it’s been reported.
Seven Brits have been arrested for allegedly attempting to run over the policeman[/caption]This comes as tensions have been rising in France following the brutal beheading of teacher Samuel Paty by a jihadi – with thousands of people lining the streets of Paris in protest on the weekend.
On Monday night, two cars – a BMW and a Mercedes – supposedly charged at the gendarme who was on-duty outside of the Israeli embassy, just off of the popular Avenue des Champs-Elysees.
Both vehicles had fake licence plates, reports 20minutes.
After checking CCTV cameras, French police launched an investigation to find the suspects.
According to local media, cops found the parked Mercedes on Tuesday and arrested the three people inside.
Police then stalked out the BMW parked behind, and arrested four people when they returned to the car.
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In total, four men and three women, who are said to have been born in London, were arrested in connection with the hit-and-run, according to RTL.
This comes just days after two Muslim women were stabbed repeatedly under the Eiffel Tower by two white women who called them “dirty Arabs”, according to reports.
One victim was stabbed six times and suffered a punctured lung and the other needed surgery on her hands.
Witnesses claimed they heard shouts of “dirty Arab” and “Go home to your own country”.
On Friday, the murder of Samuel Paty shocked the nation and been branded an attack on French values.
The 47-year-old teacher was targeted in an online hate campaign whipped up by angry parents on social media after he showed satirical cartoons in a lesson on free speech.
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Mr Paty was beheaded in the street by Russia-born killer, Abdullakh Anzarov, 18.
Thousands marched in support of free speech on Sunday, carrying placards that declared #JeSuisSamuel and #JeSuisProf in an echo of the Charlie Hebdo terror attack of 2015.
The alleged hit-and-run happened just off of the Avenue des Champs-Elysees in Paris[/caption]More to follow…
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