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French police search for gunman after killing at monks' retirement home | |
(35 minutes later) | |
A woman has been found dead at a retirement home for monks near Montepellier in southern France, after an armed masked man entered the home on Thursday night. | A woman has been found dead at a retirement home for monks near Montepellier in southern France, after an armed masked man entered the home on Thursday night. |
Police said the home’s residents were safe but that officers were still searching for the gunman. | |
There were conflicting reports over the identity of the dead woman. A police source told Reuters that she was believed to be the concierge, who had contacted police before she was killed with a knife. | |
However, later reports said that the concierge had freed herself after being bound and gagged by the gunman. | |
The woman was a resident of the three-storey retirement home in Montferrier-sur-Lez in the Hérault. | |
It is thought there were about 60 residents, who included former missionaries as well as monks. The man entered the home at around 10pm. | |
The French news channel BFM TV reported that the police search of the building was over, all the residents were safe, but the armed man was on the run. | The French news channel BFM TV reported that the police search of the building was over, all the residents were safe, but the armed man was on the run. |
The Paris anti-terrorist investigations unit is not running the investigation at this point. Local police referred to a “criminal act”. | |