French police officer dead after swapping places with hostageA French police officer who offered himself up to an extremist gunman in exchange for a hostage has died of his injuries, the interior minister said Saturday. His death, announced by French Interior Minister Gerard Collomb, raises the toll to four. The gunman first hijacked a car and opened fire on police, then took hostages inside a supermarket. (God is great)" and said he was a "soldier of the Islamic State" as he entered the Super U, where about 50 people were inside, Molins said. The interior minister suggested, however, that Abdeslam's release wasn't a key motive for the attack.

Source: Stuff March 24, 2018 07:52 UTC