French policeman who swapped himself for hostage dies


FE Team | Published: March 24, 2018 11:33:40 | Updated: March 24, 2018 18:44:42


French interior ministry/Reuters

A French police officer who swapped himself for a hostage in a supermarket siege on Friday has died, officials say.

Lt-Col Arnaud Beltrame had been hailed as a hero by French President Emmanuel Macron.

The gendarme helped bring an end to a gunman's shooting spree that killed three in southern France, reports BBC.

The radical Islamist gunman, 25-year-old Redouane Lakdim, was shot dead as police brought the siege to an end.

 

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