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Three killed and two police wounded in French Roma camp shootout Four people including baby killed in French Roma camp shootout
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Three people have been killed and two police officers injured in a shootout at a Roma camp in northern France. Four people, including a six-month-old baby and a police officer, have been killed by a gunman at a Roma camp in northern France, according to police.
The police officers were responding to initial reports that shots had been fired at the camp in the town of Roye, in the Somme department north of Paris. One officer was critically injured and the other slightly wounded. The police officer was one of two who had responded to initial reports that shots had been fired at the camp in the town of Roye, in the Somme department, north of Paris.
A suspect was injured in the melee and arrested, according to a spokesman for the regional gendarme service. A three-year-old child was seriously wounded and another officer sustained injuries before the gunman was shot and injured by police.
The shooting took place at around 4.30pm. Local media reports said the camp was close to a police station. The three civilians who were killed were members of the same family, local authorities said.
A newspaper, le Courrier Picard, said a man, a woman and a young child had died and the one of the policemen was fighting for his life. The shooting took place at around 4.30pm. Local media reports said the camp was near a police station.
The motives for the shooting were not immediately clear. The injured were transported by helicopter and ambulance to Amiens university hospital. Although the motives for the shooting were not immediately clear, the area’s deputy mayor, Freddy Cantrel, told French television that the suspect was a member of the same travelling community.
The injured were transported by helicopter and ambulance to Amiens university hospital.
Approximately 400,000 Roma people live in France, accounting for 0.21% of the population, according to council of Europe estimates.