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Three gendarmes were shot dead and a fourth wounded, in central France, while responding to a domestic violence incident, the Interior Ministry said. A search for the suspect is in progress.
A 48-year-old man shot officers Tuesday night in an isolated village near Saint-Just in the Puy-de-Dome region, after police tried to rescue a woman who had taken refuge in a house. , according to the LCI news channel. .
The slain officers were 21, 37 and 45 years old, the ministry said.
The Mayor of Saint-Just, François Chautard, said the incident appeared to have started with a family dispute and armed gendarme units were dispatched to the scene to evacuate nearby residents and secure the area.
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One officer was fatally shot and another was wounded before the suspect set his home on fire. The man then fired again when reinforcements arrived, killing two, the Clermont-Ferrand prosecutor’s office told AFP.
Firefighters came to try to control the fire.
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