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French Police Detain 2nd Person Linked To Trebes Attacker

March 26, 2018 15:30·
The French president at a preschool in Paris today. Most three-year-olds already attend preschool but he said that he was aiming to reach the thousands from poorer families who still miss out

The French president at a preschool in Paris today. Most three-year-olds already attend preschool but he said that he was aiming to reach the thousands from poorer families who still miss out

Lt. Col. Arnaud Beltrame, 45, died Saturday, one day after he was shot in the neck after he took the place of a woman being held hostage by the gunman, according to multiple news outlets.

Tributes have been paid to the victims, including a French gendarme who was killed after swapping places with one of the hostages.

Mr Macron said of Lt Col Beltrame: In giving his life to end the deadly plan of a jihadi terrorist, he fell as a hero.

Cedric Beltrame told RTL radio yesterday that his brother died "a hero".

Mr Lakdim, 25, a petty criminal, was on a watchlist, but authorities had concluded the Moroccan-born French national did not pose a threat. And regarding the 'Trèbes gunman, ' the French president reminded the police and all other security services that facing the surging extremist challenge would mean asking and answering some fundamental questions: "When and how did his [the Trèbes attack's perpetrator's] radicalization occur?"

"The Islamic contagion must be eradicated", Wauquiez said in an address Monday, three days after a man claiming allegiance to terror group Islamic State took hostages at a supermarket in southwestern France, leaving four people dead and more than a dozen injured.

Following the worst jihadist attack of his presidency, Macron has called a meeting later this week of the security services who monitor individuals suspected of radicalisation.

He shouted and said he was a "soldier of the Daesh (the so-called Islamic State)" as he entered the Super U, where about 50 people were inside, Molins said.

He shot dead two people at the supermarket after earlier opening fire on passengers in a auto, killing one of them, and injuring a police officer in nearby Carcassonne.

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Prime Minister Theresa May said she was saddened by the officer's death, adding: His sacrifice and courage will never be forgotten.

He also shot and wounded a police officer out jogging. "Officer died after bravely swapping places with hostage in ISIS related terror attack", Trump tweeted.

Investigators also found three improvised explosive devices, a 7.65 mm handgun and a hunting knife in the supermarket, a source said.

The 18-year-old woman was still being detained Monday by police for questioning in the case, as well as a 17-year-old friend of gunman Radouane Lakdim, the official said.

Four people were killed in a carjacking and the supermarket attack Friday near the city of Carcassonne.

In order to honor the hero a national ceremony is now being planned.

Beltrame was a qualified parachutist who served in Iraq in 2005.

The Paris prosecutor's office said counterterrorism authorities have assumed control of the investigation.

Several attacks over the past year or more have targeted police and soldiers deployed in large numbers to protect civilians and patrol sensitive spots such as airports and train stations.

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