【BBC】
France shooting : Hostage swap officer
'fighting for life'
-3 hours ago-
Lt-Col Beltrame took the place ofa
woman being used as a human
shield by gunman Redouane Lakdim
A police officer who swapped himself
for a hostage in a supermarket siege
is fighting for his life in hospital,
French President Emmanuel Macron
says.
The gendarme, whom media named
as Lt-Col Arnaud Beltrame, helped
bring an end to a gunman's shooting
spree that killed three in southern
France.
The gunman - 25 - year - old Redouane
Lakdim said
he had been acting on behalf of the
Islamic State group.
France shooting : Hostage swap officer
'fighting for life'
-3 hours ago-
Lt-Col Beltrame took the place ofa
woman being used as a human
shield by gunman Redouane Lakdim
A police officer who swapped himself
for a hostage in a supermarket siege
is fighting for his life in hospital,
French President Emmanuel Macron
says.
The gendarme, whom media named
as Lt-Col Arnaud Beltrame, helped
bring an end to a gunman's shooting
spree that killed three in southern
France.
The gunman - 25 - year - old Redouane
Lakdim said
he had been acting on behalf of the
Islamic State group.