Three French policemen have been killed and a fourth injured by a man
in an isolated village
in central France.
The suspect has fled and is wanted by the Police.
The policemen were shot dead by a
48-year-old
man
when they tried to rescue a woman who took refuge on the roof of a house near the town of
Saint-Just
, in the region.
of Clermont-Ferrand, according to several.
Shortly after midnight, two gendarmes, alerted by a case of gender violence,
were shot
, after trying to approach the house where the threatened woman had taken refuge.
One of them died of the injuries while the second, wounded in the thigh, was taken to hospital by firefighters.
After
setting fire to his house
, the suspect again fired at the gendarmes present in the vicinity of the house, killing two other policemen, as confirmed by the Clermont-Ferrand prosecutor's office.
"There are at least 7 members (of the special forces) of the GIGN. The greatest precautions are taken with regard to the danger of the individual," said a source close to the investigation.
The operation
is "still under development,"
according to French media, citing the Puy-de-Dôme prefecture, close to the village.
The threatened woman has been transferred to a safe place
and is currently being interrogated in an attempt to clarify the facts.
The perpetrator of the fatal shots is said to be known for acts related to child custody issues.
The sub-prefect of this remote area in the southeast of Puy-de-Dôme, as well as the mayor of
Saint-Just
, a small town of 157 inhabitants, are at the scene.
Last May, a man barricaded in his house in
Saint-Christoly-Médoc
(Gironde, southwest) fired a rifle at the gendarmes, slightly wounding one of them.
As the man was about to fire again, with a sniper rifle, a GIGN gendarme shot him dead.
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