ISIS Terrorist Takes Hostages In A French Supermarket, At Least 2 Dead

According to this, a gunman barricaded himself in a French supermarket, took a bunch of hostages and murdered at least two people.

It all started after the gunman opened fire on a group of police officers jogging near Carcassonne. He hit one of the officers in the shoulder, but thankfully, the officer is expected to recover. The gunman proceeded to run into a French supermarket and shouted “Allahu Akbar!”

The suspect also reportedly said “he is ready to die for Syria” and demanded Abdeslam be released from custody. Abdeslam is the lone surviving member of an ISIS terror cell behind the deadly 2015 attacks in Paris that killed 130 people at a theatre, the national stadium and cafes.

The reason for the shooting and hostage-taking is unclear, as is the identity of the attacker.

I’m having a difficult time taking that part of the report seriously. The reason is unclear? The gunman TOLD everyone the reason. He’s an ISIS terrorist who wants another terrorist, Salah Abdeslam, released.

Mayor Eric Ménassi told BFM TV the gunman was alone inside the Super U supermarket in the city of Trebes and all other hostages have been released.

The French Interior Ministry said on its Twitter account Friday that police and rescue operations are the priority. Authorities in the Aude region are warning people to avoid the area around the supermarket.

We’re also seeing reports that the gunman was known to authorities. So…that’s lovely.

French prime minister Edouard Philippe says the situation in southern France is “very serious”

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The mayor of Trebes says a hostage-taker is alone with a police officer in a supermarket and all other hostages have been freed

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French Interior Ministry says counter-terrorism prosecutors are taking charge of the investigation and the interior minister is going to the scene after a shooting and hostage-taking at a supermarket in Trebes in southern France

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A police union official says a hostage-taker has killed at least one person inside a supermarket in Trebes near Carcassonne in southern France

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French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe says one police officer has been injured in a shooting and hostage-taking in a supermarket in Trebes near Carcassonne in southern France and the incident appears to be a “terrorist act”

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I’d say so.

French media reports gunman and hostage-taker in Trebes in France is of Moroccan descent and was known to authorities

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French police say two people have been killed and about a dozen have been wounded in a supermarket hostage-taking in southern France

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Police union official says the attacker in southern France killed one person by shooting them in the head in the town of Carcassonne before hostage-taking

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ISIS-aligned

How the hell did this guy get a hold of a gun? France has very strict gun laws. This should never of happened. #gunreformnow

— AJ Elicits (@AjArrival) March 23, 2018

They should really ban “assault weapons” or something. Is that it? Is that how you liberal?

We’ll continue to update you as this situation unfolds.

Update:

A man has killed two people and wounded at least three others in a supermarket in the town of Trebes in southern France.

A police union official told The Associated Press that the suspect has been killed. https://t.co/6OsAnse63h

— NPR (@NPR) March 23, 2018