A major police operation is under way in France as prosecutors confirmed the second terror attack in the capital in as many days.
Several armed officers were at the scene of a fatal shooting this morning in the south of Paris.
A female police officer, reportedly 25, was killed after she was called to reports of a traffic accident involving a grey Clio at around 7.15am.
A street sweeper was critically injured in the shooting, which is now being treated as a "terrorist act" by the French authorities.
Sky's Crime Correspondent Martin Brunt said police with heavy armour were seen in Porte de Chatillon shortly afterwards and TV news crews were being pushed back from the area, which was sealed off with tape.
Meanwhile, officers are still hunting for suspects in the deadly gun attack on the offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.
Two men matching their description are said to have robbed a petrol station about an hour's drive northeast of Paris .
Footage of police activity in the village of Crepy-en-Valois, 10 miles (16km) from that scene, is now emerging.
With the country now on its highest terror alert, hundreds of extra officers have been deployed to guard media offices, places of worship and other areas deemed at risk in the capital.
Some 200 soldiers from parachute regiments across the country have been drafted in to Paris, bringing the number of military patrolling the streets to 850.
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