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French jihadist police killer 'obeyed Islamic State order' French jihadist police killer 'obeyed Islamic State order'
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The man who killed a French police couple at their home near Paris was acting on an order from so-called Islamic State (IS) to "kill infidels", officials say.The man who killed a French police couple at their home near Paris was acting on an order from so-called Islamic State (IS) to "kill infidels", officials say.
Larossi Abballa, who was killed in a shootout with police, was loyal to IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, they said.Larossi Abballa, who was killed in a shootout with police, was loyal to IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, they said.
A police commander and his partner were stabbed to death at their home. Their three-year-old son survived.A police commander and his partner were stabbed to death at their home. Their three-year-old son survived.
IS has put out a video showing Abballa confessing to the killings.IS has put out a video showing Abballa confessing to the killings.
The video, on the IS news agency Amaq, apparently shows him in the home of the couple before police stormed in. The 11-minute video, on the IS news agency Amaq, apparently shows him in the home of the couple before police stormed in.
The killer had a list of other targets, including celebrities, journalists and politicians, Paris Prosecutor Francois Molins said. In it Abballa, 25, urged Muslims in France to target police officers, prison guards, journalists, politicians and mayors. He named several prominent French journalists.
The killings were "a terrorist act", President Francois Hollande said, and France still faced "a significant threat". The video is apparently the same as one that Abballa posted on Facebook Live, hours before police killed him, in which he swore allegiance to IS.
The attacker was killed in a police assault on the house in Magnanville, about 55km (35 miles) north-west of the French capital. Abballa's crime was "a terrorist act", President Francois Hollande said, and France still faced "a significant threat".
During negotiations prior to the police assault on Monday, Abballa, 25, said he had pledged his loyalty to the IS leader three weeks earlier. The attack happened in Magnanville, about 55km (35 miles) north-west of the French capital.
In the attack Abballa stabbed the police commander repeatedly outside the house. He then seized the commander's partner, herself a policewoman, and their young son as hostages. During negotiations prior to the police assault on Monday, Abballa said he had pledged his loyalty to the IS leader three weeks earlier.
When police stormed the house, they killed Abballa and found the dead woman, who had been stabbed. The little boy was in a state of shock. When police stormed in they killed Abballa and found the dead woman, who had been stabbed. The little boy was in a state of shock.
French media are naming them as Jean-Baptiste S, 42, and Jessica S, 36.
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls called the attack "a watershed in terms of horror - the home, the intimate life of a family, of a couple of civil servants, was targeted".
In 2013, Abballa was jailed for recruiting fighters for jihad in Pakistan.In 2013, Abballa was jailed for recruiting fighters for jihad in Pakistan.
He had been under recent police surveillance, including a wiretap, media reports say, quoting police sources. He had been under recent police surveillance, including a wiretap. Three people linked to Abballa have been arrested and placed in custody.
Three people linked to Abballa have been arrested and placed in custody, police say. In the video - later removed from Facebook - Abballa considers what to do with the couple's son, according to French jihad expert David Thomson, who watched it.
Police say Abballa lay in wait outside the policeman's house on Monday evening before the ambush, at about 20:30 (18:30 GMT).
Abballa was shot and killed at about midnight, hours after he posted a 13-minute video on Facebook Live in which he swore allegiance to IS.
In the video, which has now been taken down, Abballa considers what to do with the couple's son, according to French jihad expert David Thomson, who watched it.
"I don't know yet what I'm going to do with him," the killer is heard saying."I don't know yet what I'm going to do with him," the killer is heard saying.
He also made a threatening reference to the Euro 2016 football tournament.He also made a threatening reference to the Euro 2016 football tournament.
Two Facebook accounts linked to Abballa were suspended on Tuesday morning. France has been under a state of emergency since the Paris attacks of 13 November 2015 in which IS jihadists killed 130 people.
France has been under a state of emergency since the Paris attacks of 13 November 2015 in which 130 people died. That state of emergency is still in place. France is on high alert as it hosts the Euro tournament, which started last Friday.
That state of emergency is still in place. France is on high alert as it hosts the Euro championship, which started last Friday.