French Officials Call Attack On Soldiers A "Calculated Ambush"
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PARIS, FRANCE (CBSMiami) -- French authorities say the driver of a BMW rammed his vehicle into a group of soldiers as they changed shifts.
Six are hurt and three others have serious injuries.
A local resident heard, what she described as, "screams of pain and distress."
She says, "I saw two bodies, two soldiers on the ground. One was in a really bad way."
Government officials call it a "cowardly" and "calculated ambush."
Specialized forces caught the suspect hours after the attack - after a shootout on a highway in northern France.
The attack happened in a Paris suburb well-known for being the headquarters of France's main intelligence agency. It's also a staging point for soldiers serving in "Operation Sentinelle" - a unit created to protect French sites after a series of deadly Islamic extremist attacks.
Since 2012, nine police officers have died in terrorist attacks across Paris.
Last weekend, a man shouting, "Allah Akbar" tried to stab a security guard at the Eiffel tower.
In June, there were two terror-related attacks along the Champs-Elysees and at the Notre Dame that specifically targeted police.