BREAKING: Three police shot dead in central France
A 48-year-old man fired on officers trying to rescue a woman from a house in a hamlet near Saint-Just.
Three policemen have been shot dead, and a fourth wounded, in central France, the country’s national police force has said. The shooting reportedly took place while officers were attending a domestic violence incident.
A 48-year-old man shot the officers on Tuesday night at an isolated hamlet near Saint-Just in the Puy-de-Dome region, after police tried to rescue a woman who had taken refuge in a house
The mayor of Saint-Just, François Chautard, said the incident appeared to have started with a family dispute and that armed gendarme units were sent to the scene to evacuate nearby residents and secure the area.
One officer was fatally shot and another injured before the suspect set fire to his house. The man later fired again as reinforcements arrived, killing two, the Clermont-Ferrand prosecutor’s office told AFP.
Firefighters attended to try to control the fire.
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