The attacker killed by the police on Thursday evening is suspected of a murder an hour earlier in Hauts-de-Seine, the prosecution announced.

The man who attacked a police officer in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, on the Champs-Elysées, on Thursday July 18, is also suspected of a murder an hour earlier in Courbevoie (Hauts-de-Seine), the Nanterre prosecutor’s office announced on Friday.

The attacker was seriously shot by another police officer on Thursday evening, before succumbing to his injuries, the Paris prosecutor’s office announced in the evening, which has opened an investigation into the incident. “attempted murder of a police officer”.