French police were searching Sunday for the driver of a car that smashed through a security barrier in central Paris near the finish line of cycling's Tour de France. Police opened fire on the car, failing to stop it from speeding away after the incident in the Place de la Concorde at the foot of the famous Champs Elysees.
The car was later found abandoned nearby. A police source said witnesses saw two men and two women leaving the bullet-ridden car.
The world's greatest cycling race was to finish layer Sunday at the Arc de Triomphe, at the other end of the Champs Elysees, after the cyclists perform several laps up and down the famous avenue.
But interior ministry spokesman Pierre-Henry Brandet told AFP: "There is no clear link for the time being between this incident and the Tour de France finish."