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France hostage crisis: Police shoot supermarket gunman France hostage crisis: Police shoot supermarket gunman
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Armed police have shot a suspect who took hostages at a supermarket in the southern France town of Trèbes. Armed police have shot a suspect who took hostages at a supermarket in the southern French town of Trèbes.
The gunman, who is reported to have killed at least two people, is now dead, sources say. The gunman, who is reported to have killed three people, is now dead, said government sources.
Reports say the gunman, believed to be Moroccan, pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group.Reports say the gunman, believed to be Moroccan, pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group.
Earlier, a policeman was shot and wounded while jogging with colleagues in Carcassonne 15 minutes away, by the same suspect. He is believed to have killed and wounded his victims in three separate incidents which began in Carcassonne, 15 minutes' drive from Trèbes.
The suspect was said to be heavily armed and demanding the release of Salah Abdeslam, the most important surviving suspect in the 13 November 2015 attacks in Paris, which killed 130 people. There, he reportedly hijacked a car, killing one passenger and injuring the driver.
He also shot and wounded a policeman who was jogging with colleagues in Carcassonne.
The suspect is then believed to have driven to Trèbes, where he took hostages in the Super-U supermarket in the small town.
He is said to have been heavily armed and demanding the release of Salah Abdeslam, the most important surviving suspect in the 13 November 2015 attacks in Paris, which killed 130 people.
Reports say the suspect was known to French intelligence services and that his mother is at the scene.Reports say the suspect was known to French intelligence services and that his mother is at the scene.
A security source told French news agency AFP that most employees and customers at the supermarket "managed to flee".
Earlier, Prime Minister Édouard Philippe said that all signs pointed towards a "terrorist act".
Hundreds of police officers were deployed to the area and the vicinity was cordoned off.
Counter-terrorism prosecutors are leading the investigation but few details have been provided.
France has been hit with several deadly jihadist attacks since 2015 and has been on high alert since. A state of emergency put in place after the 2015 attacks in Paris was lifted in October.
In February, Salah Abdeslam went on trial in Belgium over a shootout in Brussels that led to his capture months after the Paris attacks. He is not expected to go on trial in France until 2020 at the earliest.
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