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| French police officer and partner killed by hostage taker | French police officer and partner killed by hostage taker |
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| A French police officer and his partner have been killed at their home by a suspect who was then shot dead when armed police stormed the property north-west of Paris. | A French police officer and his partner have been killed at their home by a suspect who was then shot dead when armed police stormed the property north-west of Paris. |
| A three-year-old child, believed to be the couple’s son, was rescued unharmed after a siege in Magnanville. | A three-year-old child, believed to be the couple’s son, was rescued unharmed after a siege in Magnanville. |
| The suspect was the victim’s neighbour. Authorities said they had tried to negotiate with the suspect, but negotiations failed and they then stormed the house. | The suspect was the victim’s neighbour. Authorities said they had tried to negotiate with the suspect, but negotiations failed and they then stormed the house. |
| The suspect was a neighbour, who authorities had tried to negotiate with before storming the property at around midnight local time, according to French media reports. | The suspect was a neighbour, who authorities had tried to negotiate with before storming the property at around midnight local time, according to French media reports. |
| The police officer who died was named in the French media as Jean-Baptiste Salvaing, 42, an assistant chief in a nearby district. | The police officer who died was named in the French media as Jean-Baptiste Salvaing, 42, an assistant chief in a nearby district. |
| He was reported to have been wearing civilian clothes at the time and suffered a number of stomach wounds after he was attacked on his return home. | He was reported to have been wearing civilian clothes at the time and suffered a number of stomach wounds after he was attacked on his return home. |
| Officers from the French police’s elite RAID section were involved in attempting to negotiate the surrender of the attacker. A number of small explosions, believed to have been detonated by police, were heard during the raid. | Officers from the French police’s elite RAID section were involved in attempting to negotiate the surrender of the attacker. A number of small explosions, believed to have been detonated by police, were heard during the raid. |
| “The toll is a heavy one,” the interior minister’s spokesman, Pierre-Henry Brandet, told reporters at the scene. “This commander, this police officer was killed by the individual … [and] we discovered the body of a woman. The assailant, the criminal, was killed. Thankfully, a little boy was saved. He was in the house. He’s safe and sound. He was saved by police officers.” |