Car ploughs into police van in Paris Champs-Elysees 'attack'

PARIS: A 31-year-old man on a jihadist watchlist rammed a car loaded with guns and a gas bottle into a police van on the Champs-Elysees Monday but inflicted no casualties, in the latest of a string of attacks in Paris, sources said.

The assailant died in the incident, although investigators offered no immediate details about the cause. There has been no claim of responsibility for the assault.