{"id":99268,"date":"2017-04-21T01:43:13","date_gmt":"2017-04-21T05:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=99268"},"modified":"2017-04-21T01:43:13","modified_gmt":"2017-04-21T05:43:13","slug":"canada-condemns-attack-in-paris-which-left-police-officer-dead-3-wounded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/04\/21\/canada-condemns-attack-in-paris-which-left-police-officer-dead-3-wounded\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada condemns attack in Paris which left police officer dead, 3 wounded"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_99269\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-99269\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/15941168_1238722172848687_3104319475907665613_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-99269\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/15941168_1238722172848687_3104319475907665613_n.jpg\" alt=\"Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland has issued a statement condemning an apparent terrorist attack Thursday on Paris' iconic Champs-Elysees boulevard. (Photo: Chrystia Freeland\/Facebook)\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/15941168_1238722172848687_3104319475907665613_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/15941168_1238722172848687_3104319475907665613_n-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/15941168_1238722172848687_3104319475907665613_n-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-99269\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland has issued a statement condemning an apparent terrorist attack Thursday on Paris&#8217; iconic Champs-Elysees boulevard. (Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/freelandchrystia\/photos\/a.753841924670050.1073741853.544043002316611\/1238722172848687\/?type=3&amp;theater\">Chrystia Freeland\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OTTAWA \u2014 Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland has issued a statement condemning an apparent terrorist attack Thursday on Paris&#8217; iconic Champs-Elysees boulevard.<\/p>\n<p>A gunman opened fire on police, killing one officer and wounding three people before police shot and killed him.<\/p>\n<p>A French prosecutor said the attacker emerged from a car and used an automatic weapon to shoot at the officers outside a department store at the centre of the boulevard.<\/p>\n<p>The Islamic State group quickly claimed responsibility for the attack, which comes just three days before a tense presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>Freeland said Canada offers its \u201cdeepest condolences to the loved ones of the police officer killed and a swift recovery to the two police officers injured\u201d and that officials are ready to provide consular assistance to any Canadian citizens if needed.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Justin Trudeau posted a message on Twitter late Thursday saying \u201cCanada stands with France, as we always will, against terror.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Security has been a dominant theme in French election campaign and the violence has caused the 11 candidates to cancel or reschedule final campaign events ahead of Sunday&#8217;s first round vote.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OTTAWA \u2014 Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland has issued a statement condemning an apparent terrorist attack Thursday on Paris&#8217; iconic &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":99269,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,16,17],"tags":[12212,18197],"class_list":["post-99268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-news","category-news-w","tag-chrystia-freeland","tag-paris-attack","mauthors-the-canadian-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99268"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99268\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}