Second Shooting in Paris Leaves One Policewoman Dead

Another shooting has been reported in Paris this morning although as yet, there is no official confirmation it is linked to yesterday's attack on the Charlie Hebdo magazine offices in which 12 people were killed, including two policemen.

Agence France-Presse reported that a man opened fire with an automatic weapon this morning in the south of Paris, seriously injuring a policewoman and municipal employee. AFP have since confirmed that the policewoman has died.

French prosecutors have announced that they are treating the shooting as a terrorist act.

French television station iTELE said that two police officers could be seen lying on the ground following the attack.

The Telegraph newspaper reported that a police source had said that the shooter was wearing a bulletproof vest.

 The French interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve left an emergency meeting and travelled to the scene of the shooting and later said that the gunman responsible was still on the run.

Cazeneuve said that the police officer had stopped to look into a traffic accident when the attack occurred.

The Telegraph has reported that police in riot gear are at the scene and there are reports that they are preparing for a raid on a nearby building. Firemen and armoured cars have also arrived.

Policewoman dies after second Paris shooting - possibly unrelated to #CharlieHebdo attack http://t.co/bo7tyfwwa8pic.twitter.com/BWHEVSuwvI

— Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) January 8, 2015

Pictures have emerged of a car, believed to have been used bo the shooter, being loaded onto the back of a truck in the town of Arceuil, near Paris.

This is a developing news story and will be updated as more information comes in.