Two people have been shot dead and a third severely wounded after a car failed to stop at a police checkpoint on the oldest bridge in Paris.
Police opened fire as the car sped towards them shortly after midnight.
The incident occurred on the Pont Neuf just hours after French President Emmanuel Macron won a second term on Sunday night.
"A car came rushing towards police soon after midnight and refused to stop," said an investigating source.
"One of the police officers opened fire, killing two people and wounding a third."
The scene was closed off to traffic as an examination took place.
Police at the scene confirmed that a woman who had been sitting in the back of the car was injured when bullets hit her in the arm.
According to an investigating source, she was rushed to the Pitié-Saplêtrière hospital "for urgent treatment."
The people travelling in the car are believed to have been unarmed.
There were no early indications of a link to the presidential election or any terrorist acts.
An investigation has been launched for "attempted voluntary manslaughter on persons in charge of public authority".
A witness told Le Figaro: "A car was parked in the wrong direction along the Vert-Galant square on the Pont Neuf. The police approached to control the individuals present in the vehicle by pointing automatic weapons at him.
"The driver rushed off towards the police at full speed. The police fired immediately."
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