France Attack: Police Shoot Supermarket Gunman

Police are seen at the scene of a hostage situation in a supermarket in Trebes, Aude, France March 23, 2018 in this picture obtained from a social media video. La vie a Trebes/via Reuters

TREBES, France—Three people were killed in southwestern France on Friday March 23 when a gunman held up a car, opened fire on police and then took hostages in a supermarket, screaming “Allahu Akbar”.

Police later stormed the supermarket in the small town of Trèbes and Interior Minister Gerard Collomb said on Twitter that the attacker had been killed.