A memorial service has been held for the four victims of the terrorist shooting spree and supermarket hostage-taking in southern France, as police continued to question two teenagers about the gunman, who claimed allegiance to Islamic State. It emerged that the gunman also brought homemade explosives into the supermarket where he took customers hostage. In front of terrified staff, Lakdim immediately shot dead Christian Medves, 50, a butcher in charge of the meat counter. Police, after hearing shots, finally stormed the supermarket where Lakdim had been left holding only Beltrame. The shooting spree was the first major attack since Macron lifted France’s state of emergency and toughened anti-terrorism laws last autumn.

Source: The Guardian March 25, 2018 11:17 UTC