A driver with a gun has been arrested after ramming a police van on the Champs-Élysées in a car filled with weapons and a gas bomb.

His car burst into flames moments after impact and he was left seriously injured having deliberately aimed at a line of police vans.

A police officer was videoed stripping clothes from the unconscious assailant to check for a suicide bomb and officials believe he is ‘probably’ dead.

A witness in the capital said he heard shots being fired and smoke coming from a silver Renault Megane which was used by the perpetrator in what is being considered an attempted suicide attack. (Daily Mail)

Police standing by as the perpetrator lies face down in the dusty sidewalk after having his clothes ripped from him

The driver sprawled on the pavement with a bomb disposal robot nearby after a police officer ripped his clothes from him

The car left abandoned on the world-famous avenue and a red canister can be seen in the middle of the road which is teeming with police officers

The car being searched by a member of the bomb disposal team who is seen approaching the Renault Megane with a mask

A witness in the capital said he heard shots being fired and smoke coming from one of the vehicles, thought to be this Renault Mega

French anti-terrorism prosecutors opened an inquiry today after a suspected suicide attacker was seen targeting a line of police vans which were travelling up the Champs Elysee towards the Arc de Triomphe.

‘There was a sudden impact, and then a fireball,’ said an investigating source. ‘A gas bomb was in the car.

‘The man was very badly injured, and then pulled out of his damaged vehicle. He was badly injured in the collision and was taken away.

‘He did not cause any injuries, but the collision was a deliberate act.’

An Interior Ministry source meanwhile said that the attacker ‘is likely to have died following the attack’.

He added that ‘numerous weapons were found in his car boot’.

The specialist anti-terrorism officers confirmed they had opened an inquiry into the kamikaze attack.

It follows a series of terrorism incidents across France carried out by Islamic State terrorists, who have regularly used vehicles as weapons across Europe, including in Britain.

Paris police say a security operation is underway in the shopping district where there were reports of a car being abandoned on the world-famous avenue which has been cordoned off

 French police secure the area on the Champs Elysees after the car burst into flames in the French capital

French policemen secure the area on the Champs Elysees avenue after an incident in Paris

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