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A shooting at a traveller commune in northern France has reportedly left three people dead - including a toddler - and four injured. A gunman has killed three members of the same family – including a baby – and a police officer during a shooting at a travellers’ camp in north-eastern France.
A man, a woman and a child were killed in the attack at 4:30pm local time, in the town of Roye, Somme, some 68 miles from Paris, Le Courrier Picard reported. The suspect, who is a member of the traveller community in the town of Roye, killed a six-month-old baby during the attack at 4:30pm near an Intermarche supermarket, according to police.
The suspected shooter, a second child and two police officers are thought to be among those injured during the incident near an Intermarche supermarket. Greeting police arriving on the scene with gunfire, the gunman seriously injured one officer – who later died - and slightly wounded another.
The police officers were wounded when they greeted by gunfire as they arrived on the scene, BFMTV reported. Gendarmes block a road near the camp in Roye (Getty) The suspect also seriously wounded a three-year-old child before he was shot and injured by police as he was arrested.
Police have arrested the attacker, who was among those hurt in the meleel, a spokesman for the French national gendarme told AP.
One officer was critically hurt while another was slightly wounded, he added.
A spokesman from the French national gendarme said the attacker was injured in the melee and was arrested.
The injured have been rushed to the University Hospital of Amiens, where those waiting for patients have been asked to leave so more victims can be quickly sent into the building, France 3 Picardie has reported.The injured have been rushed to the University Hospital of Amiens, where those waiting for patients have been asked to leave so more victims can be quickly sent into the building, France 3 Picardie has reported.
Footage from the area appears to show a police helicopter scouting the scene. Police and firemen are attending the scene and attempting to pinpoint the motive behind the shooting.
Police and firemen are attending, and attempting to pinpoint the motive behind the shooting. Footage appears to show a police helicopter scouting the area of the incident.
A police source told The Telegraph that the incident is understood to be "criminal matter", and not linked to terrorism. The interior minister, Bernard Cazeneuve, has praised the police in the wake of the attack. 
“Once again the security forces have demonstrated their courage,” Bernard Cazeneuve said, according to The Telegraph.
Local deputy mayor Freddy Cantrel told BFM TV that the suspect is a member of the travelling community.
A police source told The Telegraph that the incident is understood to be “criminal matter”, and not linked to terrorism.
The shooting comes days after a suspected terror attack was foiled on a high-speed train heading for Paris.The shooting comes days after a suspected terror attack was foiled on a high-speed train heading for Paris.
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