France Shooting: Suspected ISIS Terrorist, Who Killed Three, Shot Dead

A gunman is said to have injured in the shooting at the supermarket in the town of Trebes.

Trebes (France), Mar 23: At least three people died after a man took hostages and shot at people at a supermarket in south France on Friday. The gunman has claimed allegiance to Islamic State group. The gunman was shot dead nearly four hours after he took hostages in a supermarket.

If the link to Islamic State is confirmed, the attack would be the first major incident since the election of centrist President Emmanuel Macron in May last year.

A policeman is said to have been injured in the shooting at the supermarket in the town of Trebes. Security forces were responding to two separate incidents, one at a supermarket in the town of Trebes and the second, a 15-minute drive away, in the town of Carcassonne where a policeman was shot. It is not clear if the two incidents are related.

French prosecutors say treating hostage-taking as terror incident, reports AFP

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A gunman, according to the reports, took hostages soon after entering the supermarket at around 11 AM. Eyewitnesses said that the man “entered the Super U supermarket at around 11.15 am and shots were heard.”

The area is currently out of bounds for the public.