Report: Hooded gunmen fire on police in Marseille

Hooded gunmen have fired at police in the French city of Marseille, where French Prime Minister Manuel Valls is due to visit, a police source told Reuters.

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Gunmen 'armed with Kalashnikovs fire at French police'

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 told Reuters.

Elite police trooops are being sent to the scene, in the northern suburbs of the Mediterranean port city, after the shots, Reuters said.

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