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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Andrew Griffin, Harriet Agerholm, Jon Sharman

Trèbes terror attack - live updates: Police shoot dead gunman Redouane Lakdim after three killed in hostage siege

A terror attacker has been shot dead by police after he took hostages and fired at officers in the south of France.

Police raided the Super U shop in Trèbes early this afternoon and killed Redouane Lakdim, 26, who is said to have killed three people near Toulouse and claimed affiliation with Isis.

At least a dozen people were wounded in a string of assaults.

Investigators think the suspect hijacked a car after leaving the nearby city of Carcassonne and that one of the people in the vehicle was killed. 

Interior minister Gérard Collomb said Lakdim then shot at a group of police officers before hiding inside the supermarket, where two more people were killed. 

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