Man arrested on French motorway following Paris suburb ramming attack

French police have wounded and detained the man who could be behind the ramming attack against French servicemen near Paris, Reuters reported citing local media.

According to the BFMTV channel, the suspect was intercepted by the police on a motorway in northern France while driving the car which may have been used in the attack. The man was was shot during the arrest.

The report noted it was not immediately clear wether the arrested man was the attacker.

Earlier in the day, a vehicle rammed into a group of French soldiers in the French town of Levallois-Perret. The suspected vehicle left six French police officers injured and after that fled the scene.