Hooded gunmen fire on French police in Marseille, France

Hooded gunmen armed with Kalashnikov rifles fired on police in the French city of Marseille, where Prime Minister Manuel Valls was paying a visit on Monday, a police source said.

Elite police trooops were being sent to the scene, in the northern suburbs of the Mediterranean port city, after the shots, the source said by telephone.

#BREAKING Police operation in Marseille after Kalashnikov shots fired 'in air': source

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