The female police officer is fighting for her life, reports say (Picture: AFP/Getty Images

A policewoman shot near Paris has reportedly died after a second attack on police in the French capital in what is being treated by prosecutors as a terrorist attack.

The officer and a road sweeper were fired on in Montrouge, just south of the city, this morning, with reports saying the officer had been called to reports of a traffic accident involving a grey Renault Clio – the type of car terror suspects fled in yesterday.

A municipal employee was seriously hurt in the attack this morning, while the police officer was left fighting for her life. She died late this morning.



And French prosecutors confirmed this afternoon that the shooting was being treated as a terrorist attack.


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It came amid heightened tension across France after yesterday’s massacre at the satirical newspaper, in which 12 people, including two police officers, were killed.

Police searching for those behind the Charlie Hebdo attack have made seven arrests but the operation to find two prime suspects continues.

There were also reports this morning of an explosion at a kebab shop near a mosque in Villefranche-sur-Saone.

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Forensic experts examine a kebab shop in Villefranche-sur-Saone (Picture: Getty Images)