Four people, including a six-month-old baby and a police officer, have been killed by a gunman at a Roma camp in northern France.
The police officer was one of two who had responded to initial reports that shots had been fired at the camp in the town of Roye, in the Somme department, north of Paris.
A three-year-old child was seriously wounded and another officer sustained injuries before the gunman was shot and injured by police.
The three civilians who were killed were members of the same family, local authorities said.
The shooting took place at around 4.30pm. Local media reports said the camp was near a police station.
Although the motives for the shooting were not immediately clear, the area’s deputy mayor, Freddy Cantrel, told French television that the suspect was a member of the same travelling community.
The injured were transported by helicopter and ambulance to Amiens university hospital.
Approximately 400,000 Roma people live in France according to Council of Europe estimates.
