Three police shot dead in central France

A 48-year-old man fired on officers trying to rescue a woman from a house in a hamlet near Saint-Just, according to a local reportThree gendarmes have been shot dead, and a fourth wounded, in central France, the country’s national police force has said. The shooting is believed to have started while officers were attending a domestic violence incident.A 48-year-old man shot the officers on Tuesday night at an isolated hamlet 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 news channel LCI. Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/23/three-police-shot-dead-in-central-france #france #europe