Six French Soldiers Suffers Serious Injury After A Car Rammed Into Them In Paris

A car slammed into soldiers on patrol outside Paris on Wednesday, injuring six, two of them seriously, police in the French capital said.

The vehicle took off after the incident, at about 6am GMT in the north-western suburb of Levallois-Perret.

"Police intervention is underway. Search underway for vehicle," the Paris police department said in a tweet.

A police investigator and an armed soldier work near the scene where French soliders were hit and injured Mayor of Levallois-Perret Patrick Balkany has said he saw a BMW drive into the group of soldiers and has

"no doubt" it was a deliberate act. "Without any doubt, it was a deliberate act," Balkany told BFM TV.

Police and soldiers secure the scene where French soliders were hit and injured by a vehicle in the western Paris suburb of Levallois-Perret

"It's an odious act of aggression," Balkany also said, adding that the car in question was a BMW. France has been under a state of emergency since November 2015 and has seen a string of attacks on security forces who have been regularly targeted, particularly those guarding key tourist sites.

An 18-year-old with a history of psychological problems was arrested on Saturday at the Eiffel Tower after brandishing a knife and shouting "Allahu Akbar" (God is Greatest). He told investigators he wanted to kill a soldier, sources close to the case told AFP.

In February, a man armed with a machete attacked four soldiers on patrol at Paris's Louvre Museum, while in April another extremist shot and killed a policeman on the Champs Elysees.

In June, a 40-year-old Algeria doctorate student who had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group attacked a policeman with a hammer outside Notre Dame cathedral.