Article: DAY OF THE JACKAL 2; Lone gunman fires shot at President in Bastille parade.(News)

Byline: ADRIAN SHAW

A LONE gunman opened fire on French President Jacques Chirac yesterday in a re-creation of the Day of the Jackal assassination attempt.

The attacker, aged 25 and with links to neo-Nazi groups, pulled a .22 sporting rifle from a guitar case as Chirac inspected troops during the Bastille Day military parade in Paris.

He fired a single shot, which missed, before he was overpowered.

In the film The Day of the Jackal, actor Edward Fox played a professional hitman who narrowly missed President Charles de Gaulle on Bastille ...

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