Karim Cheurfi
French Islamic terrorist
Died when: 39 years 110 days (471 months)Star Sign: Capricorn
On 20 April 2017, three French National Police officers were shot by Karim Cheurfi, a French national wielding an AK-47 rifle on the Champs-Élysées, a shopping boulevard in Paris, France.
One officer, French National Police Captain Xavier Jugelé, was killed and two other French National Police officers and a German female tourist were seriously wounded.
Karim Cheurfi was then shot dead by police.Amaq News Agency, which is linked to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), claimed the attacker was an ISIS fighter.
French police and prosecutors are investigating the attack as terrorism, and have launched a counter-terrorism prosecution.The attacker was identified as French national Karim Cheurfi, who had an extensive criminal record that included a conviction and a twelve-year prison sentence for an earlier attempt to murder two police officers.
Police found a note praising ISIS, along with addresses of police stations, on his body.Because the attack took place immediately before the country's 2017 presidential election, media reports commented on its possible influence in the election's tone.