and by the time i got to the place de la concorde everything was shut down. s palais or shutdown to pedestrians. and by that time you could see that it was just one big blur of blue lights which is quite an emotional moment to see. that was as far as we could go, basically. yes, the speed of the response of the police and other emergency services seems to have really been something that caught everybody‘s attention. without a doubt, it was exceptional. i mean, you really felt it was highly structured. people knew what they were doing. very professional. they were always aggressive. you just felt like they we re aggressive. you just felt like they were in control. it was very nice. the advice, though, very quickly, the advice to people on the champs elysee for certain was to get away from public areas, to get out of the open. what advice did you receive? asi open. what advice did you receive? as i said, iam open. what advice did you receive? as i said, i am not sure you few are familiar with the area, i was at the height of the grand palais, you can look up, an

on one of the city's best known streets — the avenue des champs—elysees, which runs between the place charles de gaulle, and the place de la concordehe western end, it's thought, about 300 metres — barely 1,000 feet — from the arc de triomphe itself. karin giannone is in paris for us. thanks, chris. people all around france will be waking up with an ever more familiar feeling after what appears to be another terror attack in their country. it happened a couple of 100 metres behind the arc de triomphe which you can see that, at the top of champs—elysees. frontal than the full throes of the final tv debate of the presidential campaign and the candidates were live on tv when this took place just after nine p.m.. candidates were live on tv when this took placejust after nine p.m.. as -- it is took placejust after nine p.m.. as —— it is devoted the attention away from politics and once again to the security situation in france. i will show you what the sequence of events was. reports suggest the gunman was known to the intelligence services and police have been searching his home in the eastern suburbs of paris. the extremist group, the

happened on one of the city's best—known streets, the avenue des champs—elysees, which runs between the place charles de gaulle and the place de la concordee western end, it is thought, about 300 metres, barely 1,000 feet, from the arc de triomphe itself. reports suggest the gunman was known to the intelligence services, and police have been searching his home in the eastern suburbs of paris. the extremist group the so—called islamic state is saying it was behind the shooting, and has named the attacker as a belgian, abu yousif. it is just days before the french vote in the first round of the presidential election. francois hollande, the current president, said he is convinced the attack is related to terrorism. james reynolds reports from paris. in the minutes after the attack, the police in paris took every movement as a threat. at this stage, officers didn't know if any other gunmen might still be at large. the shooting happened right in the centre of the city, as parisians and tourists were heading out to dinner. the champs—elysees was already full of police officers, guarding againstan attack on civilians. but it seems that this shoo

this incident took place on the champs elysee, that incredibly well—known boulevard leading from the arc de triomphe to the plaster lack on court. —— place de la concorde of the boulevard, 300 metres away from the arc de triomphe itself. the gunman getting out of the car and firing an automatic weapon. we've heard eyewitnesses said they believe they saw a kalashnikov before they were shot dead by police. media reports are saying the intelligence services know the identity of the gunman. he was known to intelligence services but obviously we will not have that name confirmed until the intelligence services are fully happy with whether he had accomplices, whether they can confirm this person had accomplices or not. police searches are under way at his home and we were discussing this just now, this incident happens days before the first round of the french presidential election. president hollande saying he is convinced this was terrorism—related. very soon after the attack took place, much quicker than expected, the islamic state group taking responsibility. that is something they tend to do so a lot later in an event like this. this obviously is a deve

city's best known streets, the avenue champs elysees, which runs between the place charles de gaulle and place de la concordewestern end, around 300 metres, barely 1,000 feet from the arc de triomphe itself. what we have been hearing from many of the main players in this already very unpredictable presidential election, we have heard from the far right candidate marine le pen. she says that stricter border controls should be in place and tougher controls on people already on the terror watch list, like we believe the attacker was. we have heard from the conservative presidential candidate, francois fillon, saying the fight against islamist totalitarianism should be the priority of france's next president. so you can see, although it is in a very different tone, campaigning still goes on. the french prime minister bernard cazeneuve came out of security cabinet meeting chaired by the president francois hollande and he insisted the attack wouldn't stop the first round of france's presidential election on sunday from going ahead. this report on the night's events from richard lister. across the street, bystander