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Two Killed in Hostage Situation at French Supermarket, Anti-Terror Op Underway

Two Killed in Hostage Situation at French Supermarket, Anti-Terror Op Underway
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A French security source reported that a policeman has been hurt in a second shooting in Southern France, with the French gunman reportedly claiming allegiance to Daesh [the Arabic acronym for terrorist ‘ISIS/ISIL' group] and the French counterterrorism prosecutor taking charge of the investigation.

Two Killed in Hostage Situation at French Supermarket, Anti-Terror Op Underway

A major police operation is underway in Trèbes, France, with three helicopters engaged, due to a shooting followed by a hostage-taking incident in a city supermarket, according to the French Interior Ministry.

However, information about the two people having been killed hasn't been confirmed.

The hostage taker was killed, according to La Dépêche du midi. He asked for the release of Paris November 2013 attacker, Salah Abdeslam, according to the BFM TV.
 Abdeslam is the prime surviving suspect in the attacks in Paris that killed 130 people.

In this regard, French national police said two people were killed and about a dozen wounded in a shooting in southern France.

"The circumstances of the incident allow us to consider it a terrorist attack. The hostage situation is ongoing. The operation is not ove
r," Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said, as aired by the BFMTV broadcaster.

According to the preliminary details of the investigation, a man "entered the supermarket Super U around 11:15 a.m. and shots were heard," a source close to the case told AFP. The supermarket has been surrounded by the police. 

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team

 

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