France TERROR: ISIS gunman shot DEAD after killing three in supermarket hostage siege
An ISIS gunman has been shot dead by police after killing three people in a supermarket hostage siege in France as tonight the Paris prosecutor confirmed one person has been arrested in connection with the incident.
French police arrive at scene of Trebes incident
Two of the victims were a butcher working in the supermarket and a shopper. A policeman who switched places with a hostage was also shot and is now fighting for his life in hospital.
The French Interior Ministry also confirmed that three people were wounded, one seriously.
Interior Minister Gerard Collomb named the man as 26-year-old Redouane Lakdim, who first shot at four police officers in the town of Carcassonne before barricading himself in the Super U supermarket in Trebes, Aude, about five miles to the east and taking a number of people hostage.
A source close to the investigation said a 45-year-old lieutenant-colonel swapped himself in exchange for one of the hostages, confiming an earlier report from Le Figaro newspaper.
BFM TV reported the hostage-taker claimed allegiance to Islamic State and demanded the release of Salah Abdeslam - the prime surviving syspect in the Islamic State attacks that killed 130 people in Paris in 2015.
Tonight Paris prosecutor Francois Molins said one person has been arrested in connection with the shooting.
Two people have been killed after a gunman opened fire at a supermarket in southern France
Speaking to reporters after a summit of European leaders in Brussels earlier, French President Emmanuel Macron said: "Everything suggests that it is in fact a terrorist attack which is underway."
Mr Macron added that the terrorist threat in France remains high.
Reports of shooting incident in French town of Trebes
Salah Abdeslam, who is the prime surviving suspect in Paris attacks that killed 130 people in 2015