(Image: GENDARMERIE NATIONALE/AFP via Ge) (Image: GENDARMERIE NATIONALE/AFP via Ge)The gunman was armed with a standard French military assault rifle, two pistols, night vision goggles and a bullet proof vest, Europe1 reports. Photos have emerged of the three officers who lost their lives responding to the domestic violence incident. (Image: AFP via Getty Images) (Image: AFP via Getty Images)The three officers confronted the gunman in response to a domestic violence call on December 23. (Image: AFP via Getty Images) (Image: AFP via Getty Images)Her husband then fled, sparking a police hunt with officers from France's elite tactical police unit joined by 300 other officers, police dogs and helicopters. Speaking on Twitter, he said: "They intervened to rescue a woman victim of domestic violence in Puy-de-Dôme, three gendarmes were killed, a fourth injured.

Source: Daily Mirror December 23, 2020 13:35 UTC