It looks like the scumbag pig-dogs of ISIS are claiming responsibility for the attack on France today that took the lives of two cops.
1)Breaking: #ISIS 'Amaq reports Champs-Elysees #Paris attack carried out by #ISIS "fighters," one named Abu Yusuf alBeljiki ("The #Belgian") pic.twitter.com/15ki5cZjdh
— Rita Katz (@Rita_Katz) April 20, 2017
2) This claim is different than most other 'Amaq claims, indicating that #ISIS was familiar with the attacker & likely the upcoming attack
— Rita Katz (@Rita_Katz) April 20, 2017
#BREAKING ISIS claims responsibility for Paris attack. French President Hollande convinced it was a terrorist attack https://t.co/pPz9UT3aMG
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) April 20, 2017
The Islamic State claimed responsibility after one police officer was killed in a rare exchange of gunfire on the famed Champs-Elysees in central Paris just days before a critical presidential election.
Two other officers were seriously wounded in the attack in the popular tourist area in central Paris. The gunman was killed by police.
The Islamic State identified the attacker as Abu Yusuf al-Beljiki through its Amaq news agency, according to SITE Intel Group, a U.S.-based organization that monitors terrorists’ activity online.
French President Francois Hollande said he is convinced the circumstances of the Paris shooting points to terrorist act, the Associated Press reported.
Read more details of the attack here.