PARIS: French investigators were Saturday probing the background of the jihadist who shot dead a policeman on Paris's prestigious Champs Elysees avenue as a jittery nation drew breath on the eve of the first round of a close-run presidential election.
Candidates have clashed over how to protect France since Thursday night's shooting, which the Islamic State (IS) group claimed as the work of one of its devotees.
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