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French police gun down supermarket hostage taker
French police have reportedly killed the gunman who shot dead one victim and took several people hostage at a supermarket known as Super U shop in Trèbes, near Toulouse, France
Reports say the hostage-taker said to be a Moroccan national in his 30’s and known to the intelligence services was gunned down after elite police surrounded the store in the town of Trebes, in the south west of the country.
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Before he was gunned down, the gunman who claimed allegiance to ISIS was said to have demanded the release of Salah Abdeslam, the prime suspect in the 2015 Paris attacks.
Police confirmed at least two people – thought to be a shop worker and customer – have been killed and a dozen more injured.
Around 50 people fled the supermarket, but a police chief warned the casualty toll is likely to rise, saying: “We are unfortunately expecting to find more victims.”
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