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| French police surround Trèbes supermarket amid hostage situation | |
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| French officials have confirmed one person has died and one more is seriously injured in an ongoing hostage-taking at a supermarket in the town of Trèbes, near Carcassonne in southern France. | |
| Local media reported a major police security operation was underway in the town after an individual earlier attempted to run down four police officers on their morning run and then opened fire, injuring one officer in the shoulder. | |
| The same individual, reported by local officials to have sworn allegiance to Islamic State and heard by several witnesses crying “Allahu Akbar”, reportedly then drove to the supermarket and took up to eight people hostage. | |
| Yves Lefebvre, secretary general of the SGP Police-FO police union, said one person had been shot dead inside the supermarket and another was seriously injured. Police have surrounded the Super U and authorities have warned people to avoid the area. | |
| It was not clear how many hostages were still inside. | |
| Anti-terrorism prosecutors have taken over the investigation and the French prime minister, Edouard Philippe, told French media “all the evidence so far suggests these are terrorist attacks”. | |
| The interior minister, Gerard Collomb, was headed for the scene after talking with President Emmanuel Macron, who is following the situation closely, according to a security official. | |
| The head of the local gendarmerie, Jean-Valéry Lettermann, said the situation was “not yet stabilised”, adding that “unfortunately, we expect to discover more victims”. | |
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