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A ceremony has been held in Paris for the police officer shot dead by an Islamist extremist on the Champs-Elysees last week.

The two remaining French presidential candidates, Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen, were among the politicians and officials paying their respects in a courtyard at police headquarters.

The capital's mayor, Anne Hidalgo, and former President Nicolas Sarkozy were also there.

Xavier Jugele, 37, was hit by two bullets to the head after a Frenchman born in the Paris suburbs, , opened fire on the crowded boulevard with a Kalashnikov assault rifle.

Cheurfi, who was shot dead by police, also wounded two other officers.

More than 50,000 police and soldiers were afterwards.

The attack came just three days before the first round of voting in the .

Islamic State said it was to blame.

In his eulogy at the ceremony, Mr Jugele's partner Etienne Cardiles said: "I suffer without hatred."

President Francois Hollande said: "Everyone of us here has to admit that over the last few years we've been faced with more and more violence.

"The police have become targets.

"They are attacked because of the uniform they wear, or because of the medals they wear.

"They are attacked while they are merely carrying out their missions, which come with a risk - an enormous risk of losing their life to save the lives of others."

In comments directed at the two presidential candidates, Mr Hollande urged the next French government to "provide the necessary budget resources to recruit the indispensable people to protect our citizens and give them means to act even more efficiently".

Mr Jugele had been among the officers racing to the Bataclan theatre during the terror attacks of November 2015.

When he returned to the venue a year later as it reopened with a concert by Sting, he told People magazine he was there "to celebrate life. To say no to terrorists".