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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 killed a suspect who shot dead three people in a series of attacks in southern France. | |
| The gunman hijacked a car and then took hostages at a supermarket in the town of Trèbes. | The gunman hijacked a car and then took hostages at a supermarket in the town of Trèbes. |
| The man, named by ministers as 26-year-old Redouane Lakdim, pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group. | The man, named by ministers as 26-year-old Redouane Lakdim, pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group. |
| He is believed to have killed and wounded his victims in three separate incidents which began in Carcassonne, 15 minutes' drive from Trèbes. | He is believed to have killed and wounded his victims in three separate incidents which began in Carcassonne, 15 minutes' drive from Trèbes. |
| He was 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. | He was 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. |
| Earlier, Prime Minister Édouard Philippe said that all signs pointed towards a "terrorist act". | Earlier, Prime Minister Édouard Philippe said that all signs pointed towards a "terrorist act". |
| How did events unfold? | How did events unfold? |
| The attacker began his spree of attacks on Friday morning in Carcassonne, say reports, where he first hijacked a car, killing one passenger and injuring the driver. | |
| He then shot and wounded a policeman who was jogging with colleagues. | He then shot and wounded a policeman who was jogging with colleagues. |
| The suspect is then believed to have driven a few kilometres to Trèbes, where he charged in, shouting, "I am a soldier of Daesh [Islamic State]!" and took hostages in the Super-U supermarket in the small town. | The suspect is then believed to have driven a few kilometres to Trèbes, where he charged in, shouting, "I am a soldier of Daesh [Islamic State]!" and took hostages in the Super-U supermarket in the small town. |
| Hundreds of police officers were deployed to the area and the vicinity was cordoned off. | Hundreds of police officers were deployed to the area and the vicinity was cordoned off. |
| Carole, who was shopping at the supermarket, said people hid in a cold room. | |
| "A man shouted and fired several times. I saw a cold room door, I asked people to come and take shelter," she told France info radio. | |
| "There were 10 of us, and we stayed an hour. There were more gunshots and we went out the back door." | |
| A 45-year-old gendarme volunteered to swap himself for one of the hostages, say reports. He left his phone line open during the operation so police could monitor the situation, Interior Minister Gérard Collomb told reporters. | |
| When police heard gunshots on the phone line, they charged in to take control of the situation, during which the gunman was killed. | When police heard gunshots on the phone line, they charged in to take control of the situation, during which the gunman was killed. |
| The gendarme, a lieutenant-colonel - described by Mr Collomb as a hero - was seriously injured. | |
| What has the reaction been? | What has the reaction been? |
| The suspect, reportedly from a Moroccan background, was known to French intelligence services, said Mr Collomb. | |
| "He was known for petty crimes. We had monitored him and thought there was no radicalisation," he said. | |
| In a statement released online, Islamic State claimed the attacker was "a soldier of the Islamic State". | |
| Counter-terrorism prosecutors are leading the investigation. | Counter-terrorism prosecutors are leading the investigation. |
| Mr Macron is at an EU summit in Brussels, but said he would return to oversee the response to the attack. | |
| 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. | 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. | 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. |
| Major terror attacks in France | Major terror attacks in France |
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