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ISIS claims responsibility for Paris shooting targeting police

ISIS has claimed responsibility for the shooting in Paris that saw a gunman open fire on a police van, killing one officer and injuring two.

The terrorist network’s news agency identified the attacker as Belgian man Abu Yousef al-Belgiki in a tweet taking credit for the attack.

Cops killed the shooter at the scene — and say he was someone they’d previously flagged as an extremist.

The officers were stopped at a red light on the Champs-Elysees — a bustling boulevard popular with tourists and famed for its luxury stores and eateries — when the gunman drove up at 9 p.m., pulled out an automatic weapon and started shooting, according to a government spokesman.