on the line is thierry arnaud, chief political reporter at the french broadcaster bfmtv. we are hearing tonight? this has all the hallmarks of another terrorist attack, deliberate targeted attack on police on one of the highest profile streets in france. thousands of tourists and people around us. this clearly was intended to attract the maximum attention in a very sensitive time in france, just before the elections. how significant is the location? it is highly symbolic, and you cannot think of all symbolic french target than the champs—elysees. this was to have maximum impact and inevitably has done. some eyewitnesses we have been hearing from have said that they felt police were very much the target here when of course there we re target here when of course there were many other members of the public on the street. they are unharmed as far as we are aware. the first report suggested that the vehicle pulled up alongside a police van and opened fire on the police man who just happened to be here. the are always a lot of police at any time on the champs—elysees, so there