The man who killed at least three people Friday in the course of a multi-city rampage in southern France was himself killed following an hours-long standoff with police at a grocery store, France’s Interior Minister Gérard Collomb confirmed. The incident, which French President Emmanuel Macron characterized as a terrorist attack, began around 10:00 a.m., according to French Interior Minister Gérard Collomb. He added that Lakdim then trailed and shot at four local police officers, injuring one in the shoulder. The suspect’s profile, Collomb said, didn’t fit the bill of those who have committed attacks in France in the past. Earlier that year, al Qaeda-linked gunmen also attacked satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and took hostages at a Kosher supermarket in Paris.

Source: Huffington Post March 23, 2018 11:08 UTC