Paris - France's government has reviewed its already extensive election security measures and says it is "fully mobilised" in the wake of the Champs-Elysees gun attack on police officers. He was convicted in that attack and had a criminal record because of involvement in violent robberies.
Jugele was among the officers who responded to the gun-and-bomb attack on Paris' Bataclan concert hall on November 13, 2015, among a wave of assaults that night.
The victim, Xavier Jugelé, 37, was an active campaigner for gay rights, media reports said.
Islamic State militants claimed responsibility for Thursday's shooting, in which a French policeman was shot dead, via its Amaq news agency, naming the attacker as Abu Yousif al-Belgiki.
Security forces found a note praising the Islamic State group at the scene of the attack, which apparently fell from the gunman's pocket.
Cheurfi, who last exited prison in Oct 2015, was described as psychologically fragile by his lawyers.
The country is still feeling the effects of a series of deadly Islamic terrorist attacks over the past two years that killed more than 200 people.
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The incident comes days before the French election, which is to take place on Sunday.
Police swept through the family home in Chelles in eastern Paris looking for evidence of links with Daesh "ISIL", who claimed he was acting on their behalf.
Polls suggest a tight race among the four top contenders, with far-right nationalist Marine Le Pen - who rails at France's Socialist government for being lax on crime - and Emmanuel Macron, an independent centrist and former economy minister, in the lead.
He said more than 50 000 police and gendarmes are mobilised to protect Sunday's first-round vote in the two-stage election, with an additional 7 000 soldiers also on patrol.
The man flagged by Belgian authorities quickly turned himself over to Belgian police in Antwerp, Brandet said. Cheurfi also had addresses of police stations written on bits of paper in his auto, he said.
French President Francois Hollande said he is convinced the circumstances of the Paris shooting points to terrorist act, the Associated Press reported. A foreign tourist was also slightly wounded in her knee by shrapnel during the shooting. Cheurfi never showed any sign of radicalization during his previous detention, Molins said.
Speaking in Indonesia Friday, US Vice President Mike Pence said the attack was just the latest reminder "that terrorism can strike anywhere at anytime". Parliament voted in December to extend the extraordinary provisions to ensure the protection of upcoming presidential and general elections.
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